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open source

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See also: opensource and open-source

English

Etymology

Compound of open +‎ source, coined by Christine Peterson in 1998 for software as an umbrella term to encompass existing concepts such as free software, freedomware, and sourceware.^[1]

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊpən ˌsɔɹs/
Audio (General American): (file)

Noun

open source (uncountable)

(software) The practice of providing open-source code for a product.
(software) Open-source software in general.
His contributions to open source are numerous.
(espionage) Information that is in the public domain and available to everybody.

Related terms

open-source
OSINT (“open-source intelligence”)

Translations

practice

Catalan: codi obert m, codi font obert m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 開源 / 开源 (zh) (kāiyuán) (Chinese mainland), 開放原始碼 / 开放原始码 (kāifàngyuánshǐmǎ) (Taiwan)
Finnish: avoin lähdekoodi (fi)
French: code source ouvert m
German: Open Source (de) f
Greek: ανοικτός κώδικας m (anoiktós kódikas)
Irish: foinse oscailte f
Italian: codice aperto m, open source (it) m or f
Japanese: オープンソース (ja) (ōpun sōsu)
Portuguese: código aberto m
Sicilian: còdici raputu m, open source m or f
Spanish: código abierto m
Swedish: öppen källkod (sv) c, open source (sv)
Tamil: திறமூலம் (ta) (tiṟamūlam)
Thai: โอเพนซอร์ส

software

Catalan: codi obert m, codi font obert m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 開源軟件 / 开源软件 (kāiyuán ruǎnjiàn) (Chinese mainland), 開放原始碼軟體 / 开放原始码软体 (kāifàngyuánshǐmǎ ruǎntǐ) (Taiwan)
Finnish: avoin lähdekoodi (fi)
French: libre (fr) m or f, open source (fr) f, source ouverte (fr) f
German: Open-Source-Software f
Greek: ανοικτός κώδικας m (anoiktós kódikas), ανοικτός πηγαίος κώδικας m (anoiktós pigaíos kódikas)
Italian: codice aperto m, open source (it) m or f
Japanese: オープンソースソフトウェア (ōpun sōsu sofutowhea)
Portuguese: código aberto m
Romanian: software de sursă deschisă, software de open-source
Sicilian: còdici raputu m, open source m or f
Thai: โอเพนซอร์ส
Turkish: açık kaynak yazılım, açık kaynak (tr)
Vietnamese: phần mềm nguồn mở

See also

open core

Verb

open source (third-person singular simple present open sources, present participle open sourcing, simple past and past participle open sourced)

Alternative form of open-source

References

^ Christine Peterson (2018 February 1) “How I Coined the Term ‘Open Source’”, in OpenSource.com blog‎^[1], Red Hat, archived from the original on 2018-02-05

Further reading

open source on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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