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DSOS eligibility: non-commercial open source with no pathway to commercialization

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Kind
Restriction
Statement
DSOS application page (as published on retrieval 2026-09-26): project must be public on Docker Hub with public source, meet the Open Source Initiative definition, be in active development (updates within the past 6 months), and have no pathway to commercialization (donations allowed). Benefits go only to project leads and core committers, last one year (renewable), are used solely for non-commercial open-source projects, and cannot be shared with third parties.
Applies when
Open source project applying for DSOS.
Applies to
Docker-Sponsored Open Source Program
Aliases
DSOS eligibility
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