open-source

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Antonyms 1.3 Verb

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• open source

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open-source (not comparable)

1. (computing) Of, or relating to a product which is licensed to permit modifications and redistribution of its source code.

   Linux is an open-source operating system

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• closed-source

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

1. (transitive) To release the source code of.
   • 2005, David Brickner, Test Driving Linux: From Windows to Linux in 60 Seconds

   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.