ALL meanings of open source
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O o - adjective open source computing: definable by users 1
- adjective open source Computers. pertaining to or denoting software whose source code is available free of charge to the public to use, copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute. 1
- adjective open source pertaining to or denoting a product or system whose origins, formula, design, etc., are freely accessible to the public. 1
- noun Definition of open source in Technology (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 term "free software" (promoted by the Free Software Foundation) but has broadly the same meaning - free of distribution restrictions, not necessarily free of charge. There are various open source licenses available. Programmers can choose an appropriate license to use when distributing their programs. The Open Source Initiative promotes the Open Source Definition. 1
- adjective open source Open source material is computer programming code or software that anyone is allowed to use or modify without asking permission from the company that developed it. 0
- noun open source intellectual property, esp computer source code, that is made freely available to the general public by its creators 0
- noun open source (as modifier) 0
- adjective open source designating or of software whose code is made public and which is thus available to any programmer to develop and customize 0