Meaning of open-source | Babel Free

Definitions

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
2. Describing any product whose composition or method of manufacturing is public knowledge and not proprietary.
   broadly, not-comparable
3. Relying on publicly available information (open sources).
   not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“Linux is an open-source operating system.”

“ASP.NET MVC has been under an open-source license since the initial release, but it was just open-source code instead of a full open-source project.”

“OpenSNP constituted a rare example of how open-source projects can successfully operate on a low budget, having repeatedly rejected offers from corporations to sell control of the data.”

“open-source cola”

“open-source intelligence”

“The ramifications of disinformation spill on to the streets with tangible, often devastating real-world consequences. These processes were already under way in 2014, when I founded the open-source investigative group Bellingcat.”

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