Open source
open-source
Adjective
1. of or relating to or being computer software for which the source code is freely available
(pertainym) source code
(classification) computer science, computing
open source
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philosophy,
legal> A method and philosophy for software licensing and distribution designed to encourage use and improvement of software written by volunteers by ensuring that anyone can copy the
source code and modify it freely.
The term "open source" is now more widely used than the earlier t
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