open source

See also: opensource and open-source

English

Etymology

Compound of open +‎ source, coined by Christine Peterson in 1998 for software as an umbrella term to encompass existing concepts such as free software, freedomware, and sourceware.[1]

Noun

open source (uncountable)

  1. (software) The practice of providing open-source code for a product.
  2. (software) Open-source software in general.
    His contributions to open source are numerous.
  3. (espionage) Information that is in the public domain and available to everybody.

Translations

See also

Verb

open source (third-person singular simple present open sources, present participle open sourcing, simple past and past participle open sourced)

  1. Alternative form of open-source

References
  1. Christine Peterson (2018 February 1) “How I Coined the Term ‘Open Source’”, in OpenSource.com blog‎, Red Hat, archived from the original on 2018-02-05

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