Sekirov Dictionary

open-source

UK /ˈəʊpən ˌsɔːs/US /ˈoʊpən ˌsɔɹs/

adjective 4
verb 1
open source noun 3
forms 6

adjective4

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Of or relating to software where the source code is freely available and licensed in a manner that permits modification and redistribution.
- Linux is an open-source operating system.
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Of or relating to digital resources made publicly available alongside their source files to enable their modification and redistribution.
- open-source hardware (with editable CAD files)
- open-source fonts
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Describing any product whose composition or method of manufacturing is public knowledge and not proprietary.
- open-source hardware (schematics provided for free)
Relying on publicly available information (open sources).

verb1

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To release the source code of, so as to permit modification and redistribution.
- 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. — 2005

open source noun3

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The practice of providing open-source code for a product.
- OpenSNP, a fourteen-year-old open source repository for genetic records, will shut down and delete all its data at the end of April. — 2025
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Open-source software in general.
- His contributions to open source are numerous.
Information that is in the public domain and available to everybody.

forms

open sourced · open-sourced · open sourcing · open-sourcing · open sources · open-sources

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