sourceware

Definitions

A precursor of open source software.

dated, uncountable

Examples

“And last⟳ of the “open⟳ software”, a rarer implementation is sourceware. A variation of freedomware, sourceware offers “open⟳ source” code with “closed (proprietary) standards”.”

“Because McVoy was trying to avoid⟳ recourse to the “customer solution” of NT, that left the programmers' solution: free software, or “sourceware,” as he termed it.”

“And we said, “We're all going to agree⟳ on one name⟳, and we're all going to start⟳ using it.” We voted on “sourceware” versus “open⟳ source,” and “open⟳ source” won. We had the press⟳ conference at five, and the rest⟳ is history.”

CEFR level