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open source

noun
/ˈoʊpən ˌsɔɹs/US

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.

Definitions

  1. The practice of providing open-source code for a product.

    • OpenSNP, a fourteen-year-old open source repository for genetic records, will shut down and delete all its data at the end of April.

  2. Open-source software in general.

    • His contributions to open source are numerous.

  3. Information that is in the public domain and available to everybody.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Alternative form of open-source.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for open source. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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