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Open-source

//ˈoʊpən ˌsɔɹs// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to software where the source code is freely available and licensed in a manner that permits modification and redistribution. not-comparable

    "Linux is an open-source operating system."

  2. 2
    Describing any product whose composition or method of manufacturing is public knowledge and not proprietary. broadly, not-comparable

    "open-source cola"

  3. 3
    Relying on publicly available information (open sources). not-comparable

    "open-source intelligence"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or being computer software for which the source code is freely available wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To release the source code of, so as to permit modification and redistribution. transitive

    "The big Unix company Sun Microsystems bought the code for StarOffice in 1999, and some time afterward they open-sourced as much of it as they could."

Etymology

Etymology 1

See open source.

Etymology 2

See open source.

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