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open source software [¦ō·pən ‚sȯrs ′sȯf‚twer]

(computer science)

Software that is written in such a way that others are encouraged to freely redistribute it, and all changes to the code must be made freely available.

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No references found			com/go/08/open for the latest trends--and a peek at how the slump is fueling a miniboom among providers of open-source software and services. BUSINESSWEEK.COM by Staff / BusinessWeek 76 Free and open-source software is a seed that hackers have planted in the black heart of information commodification, and Soderberg follows the revolution that is sprouting from there outward to intellectual property law, computing, the Internet, and networked capitalism overall. Hacking capitalism; the free and open source software movement by SciTech Book News Byline: MARK O'NEILL OPEN-SOURCE software started out as the domain of geeks and academics only. TECH NOTES - Not just for geeks and academics by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			open-flow test open-flow well open-frame girder open-fuse cutout open-graded aggregate open-grain open-grained open-heart surgery Open-Hearth Furnace open-hearth process Open-Hearth Production open-hole completion open-link fuse Open-Loop Control System open-newel stair open-packed structure open-phase protection open-phase relay open-pit mining open-pit quarry open-plan educational building open-plan office open-riser stair open-side planer open-side tool block Open-source software open-space index open-space structure open-stope method open-string stair open-system architecture open-timber floor open-timbered open-timbered roof open-top agitating truck open-top mixer open-web girder open-web joist open-web steel joist open-well stair open-window unit open-wire carrier system open-wire circuit open-wire feeder open-wire loop open-wire transmission line open/closed principle OpenAir OpenAL Openbill OpenBSD			Open-Shell Perturbation Theory Open-Shell Restricted Self-Consistent Field Open-Shell Restricted-Hartree-Fock open-shop open-shop open-shop Open-Short-Load Open-Short-Load-Thru open-side planer open-side tool block open-source open-source Open-source (software) Open-Source Bloomberg Box Open-Source Character Recognition Open-source culture Open-source intelligence Open-source intelligence Open-Source Knowledge Management Open-source license Open-Source Linux-Based VPN Open-source movement Open-Source Operating System Open-Source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol Open-source search engine Open-source search engine Open-source search engine Open-source search engines Open-source search engines Open-source search engines Open-source software Open-Source Speech Recognition Initiative Open-sourcing open-space index open-space structure open-stope method open-string stair open-system architecture Open-systems thermodynamics (biology) open-timber floor Open-timber roof open-timbered open-timbered roof Open-To-Buy open-top open-top agitating truck open-top mixer open-topped open-web girder open-web joist open-web joist open-web joist open-web joist open-web steel joist open-wedge osteotomy open-well stair open-window unit open-wire carrier system

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