# Open Content > “Open means anyone can freely access, use, modify, and share for any purpose (subject, at most, to requirements that preserve provenance and openness).” - [The Open Definition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Open_Definition) Open Source Dharma lineages **openly share teaching content**, in a way that conforms to the standard above, which itself comes out of the open source software movement. ![https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative\_Commons\_license](/files/-L_bagb785zaEwosVHEo) The “most open” [Creative Commons Licenses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_license) meet this definition. With these licenses one can share content openly to the public domain, the most open possible license, and/or can require attribution (provenance), and/or require that others share any derivative content under a similarly open license, known as share-alike or copyleft. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://www.opensourcedharma.info/standards/open-content.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.