open source — meaning in English
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English meaning
- open source adjective Of software: released with its underlying code made publicly available under a licence that lets anyone read it, use it, change it and share their changed version.
Senses
open source is used for these senses in English:
- open source (software) Open-source software in general.
open source — full definition
- adjective Of software: released with its underlying code made publicly available under a licence that lets anyone read it, use it, change it and share their changed version.
- noun The wider practice and community of developing software in the open, with contributions accepted from people outside the original team.
- adjective More generally, of designs, hardware, data or research: published so that others may freely inspect, reuse and modify it.