{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Dans Geek Stop Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/blog.dansgeekstop.com","author_name":"Dan Miller","author_url":"https:\/\/blog.dansgeekstop.com\/index.php\/author\/dan\/","title":"Open-Source Software and Why it's Needed - Dans Geek Stop Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wi7AcAl8oW\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.dansgeekstop.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/24\/open-source-software-and-why-its-needed\/\">Open-Source Software and Why it&#8217;s Needed<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dansgeekstop.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/24\/open-source-software-and-why-its-needed\/embed\/#?secret=wi7AcAl8oW\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Open-Source Software and Why it&#8217;s Needed&#8221; &#8212; Dans Geek Stop Blog\" data-secret=\"wi7AcAl8oW\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/blog.dansgeekstop.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/blog.dansgeekstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OpenSource-683x1024.png","thumbnail_width":683,"thumbnail_height":1024,"description":"When people think of Open Source software, many think of it as free software. But is that all it is? Just free software? Is that the definition of Open Source software? Well, let&#8217;s look up the definition of it. I am sure that there are many definitions of open source, so I will choose the [&hellip;]"}