Meaning Of The Word Open source

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open source
adjective: Open source material is computer programming code or software that anyone is allowed to use or modify without asking permission from the company that developed it.

open source in British English
noun: intellectual property, esp computer source code, that is made freely available to the general public by its creators

open-source in American English
designating or of software whose code is made public and which is thus available to any programmer to develop and customize

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