> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://www.opensourcedharma.info/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://www.opensourcedharma.info/master/master.md).

# Open Source Dharma

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[Open Source Dharma](https://www.opensourcedharma.info/) is a newly proposed open standard & network, whose aim is to encourage the flourishing of a transparent, collaborative, creative, & evolutionary ecosystem of dharma. The Open Source Dharma protocol serves as a radical alternative to [Proprietary Dharma](/master/view/proprietary-dharma.md) by making it easier for new forms of dharma to emerge. We do this by creating and maintaining an open standard that incentivizes permission-less innovation, cross-lineage collaboration, and transparent organization.  Think of it as [An Internet of Dharma](/master/view/internet-of-dharma.md). 

The Open Source Dharma standard has [3 ranks](/master/view/osdharma-ranks.md), each demonstrating greater openness & transparency in the project than the previous. Any dharma teacher or community is welcome to join the Open Source Dharma movement by implementing this protocol in their communities of practice.