open source

See also: opensource and open-source

English

Alternative forms

open-source (verb or adjective)

Etymology

open +‎ source

Coined by Christine Peterson February 3, 1998.[1]

Peterson, Christine (February 1, 2018), “How I Coined the Term 'Open Source'”, in OpenSouce.com blog‎, Red Hat

Noun

open source (uncountable)

(computing) The practice of providing open-source code for a product.
(computing) Open-source software in general.
His contributions to open source are numerous.

Related terms

open-source

Translations

practice

Catalan: codi obert m, codi font obert m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 開源 (zh), 开源 (zh) (kāiyuán) (Chinese mainland), 開放原始碼, 开放原始码 (kāifàngyuánshǐmǎ) (Taiwan)
Finnish: avoin lähdekoodi (fi)
German: offene (de) Quelle (de) f or Quelloffenheit f
Greek: ανοικτός κώδικας m (anoiktós kódikas)

Irish: foinse oscailte f
Japanese: オープンソース (ja) (ōpun sōsu)
Portuguese: código aberto m
Swedish: öppen källkod (sv) c, open source (sv)
Tamil: திறமூலம் (ta) (tiṟamūlam)
Thai: โอเพนซอร์ส

software

Catalan: codi obert m, codi font obert m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 開源軟件, 开源软件 (kāiyuán ruǎnjiàn) (Chinese mainland), 開放原始碼軟體, 开放原始码软体 (kāifàngyuánshǐmǎ ruǎntǐ) (Taiwan)
Finnish: avoin lähdekoodi (fi)
French: libre (fr) m or f
German: offene (de) Quelle (de) f or Quelloffenheit 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)
Portuguese: código aberto m
Romanian: software de sursă deschisă, software de open-source
Thai: โอเพนซอร์ส
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)

Alternative form of open-source

Translations

the practice of providing open source code for a product

Finnish: avata lähdekoodi

German: quelloffen (de) [for example: „quelloffene Hardware (de)“ or „quelloffener Film (de)“]

open-source software in general

Finnish: avata lähdekoodi

German: quelloffen (de) [for example: „quelloffene Software (de)“ or „quelloffene Anwendung (de)“]

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