"open-source" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: See open source. Etymology templates: {{m|en|open source}} open source Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} open-source (not comparable)
  1. (software) Of or relating to a product which is licensed to permit modifications and redistribution of its source code, as per The Open Source Definition. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Software Translations (Translations): مَفْتُوح الْمَصْدَرِ (maftūḥ al-maṣdari) (Arabic), quelloffen (German), quelltextoffen (German), ανοιχτός κώδικας (anoichtós kódikas) (Greek), otwarty (Polish), açık kaynak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-open-source-en-adj-3UfIcBn3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 19 21 29 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software Disambiguation of 'Translations': 41 29 29
  2. (by extension) Describing any product whose composition or method of manufacturing is public knowledge and not proprietary. Tags: broadly, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-open-source-en-adj-Or6mgEOM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 19 21 29
  3. (espionage) Relying on publicly available information (open sources). Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Espionage Synonyms: open source, opensource Derived forms: open-sourceness Related terms: free software, source-available
    Sense id: en-open-source-en-adj-tPlLTkCX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 19 21 29 Topics: espionage, government, military, politics, war

Verb

Forms: open-sources [present, singular, third-person], open-sourcing [participle, present], open-sourced [participle, past], open-sourced [past]
Etymology: See open source. Etymology templates: {{m|en|open source}} open source Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-open-source-en-verb-~r3SnyAw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 19 21 29

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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