open source

See also: open-source

English

Alternative forms

• open-source (verb or adjective)

Etymology

Coined by Christine Peterson in January 1998.

Noun

Wikipedia

open source ‎(uncountable)

1. (computing) The practice of providing open-source code for a product.
2. (computing) Open-source software in general.

   His contributions to open source are numerous.

Related terms

• open-source

Translations

the practice of providing open source code for a product

• Catalan: codi obert m, codi font obert m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 开源 (zh) ‎(kāiyuán)

• Greek: ανοικτός κώδικας m ‎(anoiktós kódikas)

• Japanese: オープンソース (ja) ‎(ōpun sōsu)
• Swedish: öppen källkod c, open source (sv)
• Tamil: திறமூலம் (ta) ‎(tiṟamūlam)

open-source software in general

• Catalan: codi obert m, codi font obert m
• French: libre (fr) m, f
• German: quelloffene Software f, Open-Source-Software f
• Greek: ανοικτός κώδικας m ‎(anoiktós kódikas), ανοικτός πηγαίος κώδικας m ‎(anoiktós pigaíos kódikas)

• Japanese: オープンソースソフトウェア ‎(ōpun sōsu sofutowhea)
• Romanian: software de sursă deschisă, software de open-source
• Turkish: açık kaynak yazılım

Verb

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

1. To make open-source.