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- DictionaryO·pen-source
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- 1. denoting software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified.
adjective
Document published by the Open Source Initiative, to determine whether a software license can be labeled with the open-source certification mark
The Open Source Definition (OSD) is a document published by the Open Source Initiative. Derived from Bruce Perens' Debian Free Software Guidelines, the definition is the most common standard for open-source software. The definition has ten criteria, such as requiring freely accessed source code and granting the open-source rights to everyone who receives a copy of the program. Wikipedia