OPENSOURCE

Open source

In production and development, open source as a development model promotes a) universal access via free license to a product's design or blueprint, and b) universal redistribution of that design or blueprint, including subsequent improvements to it by anyone. Before the phrase open source became widely adopted, developers and producers used a variety of terms for the concept; open source gained hold with the rise of the Internet, and the attendant need for massive retooling of the computing source code. Opening the source code enabled a self-enhancing diversity of production models, communication paths, and interactive communities.

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open source

Noun

  1. The practice of providing open-source code for a product.
  2. Open-source software in general.
    His contributions to open source are numerous.

Verb

  1. To make open-source.


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