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Open source

Open source is the practice of publishing digital resources publicly alongside their source code or source files, enabling use, study, modification, and redistribution. It is historically and commonly associated with open-source software, software released with its source code. The concept has also been applied beyond software to other digital resources…

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Source files

Copyright and licensing

Open collaboration

Type of open source resources

Other meanings

Openness movements

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Literature on legal and economic aspects

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  • S2CID S2CID (identifier)
  • CiteSeerX CiteSeerX (identifier)
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Open source

Nodes172
Edges171
Triples354
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011628
Components1

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Open source

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related to Literature on legal and economic aspects · 138
Open source → Abramson, American Economic Review, April, Archived, Association, Bauwens, Benkler, Berry, Beyond, Bitzer, Both, Bruce, Brussels, Canada, Case, Century, Cite, CiteSeerX, Closed Source Software, Coase's Penguin
related to Further reading · 86
Open source → An Introductory Approach, Archived, Audio Application, August, Bauwens, Benkler, Berry, Burn, Business Strategy, CEC, Chandos, Collaborative Economy, Convergence, Copy, Copyleft, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, David, Don't Hack, Dunlap, February
related to Education · 16
Open source → Access, ALMS, Editing Tools, Expertise Required, In, It, LaTeX, Level, Markdown, Meaningfully Editable, OER, Open Educational Resources, Open-source, PDF, Self-Sourced, UNESCO's Recommendation
related to Copyright and licensing · 14
Open source → By, CERN Open Hardware Licence, Creative Commons, Different, For, In, Legal, Open, Open Database License, Open Source Definition, Open Source Initiative, SIL Open Font License, These, While
related to Fonts · 14
Open source → DejaVu, Font, License, Notable, OFL, Open, OTF, SIL International, Source Sans, The SIL Open Font, TTF, UFO, VFC, WOFF
related to Open collaboration · 14
Open source → Bazaar, Beyond, Eric, Internet, It, Open, Peer, Raymond's, Richard Stallman's GNU Manifesto, State, Such, The, The Cathedral, Wikipedia
related to Hardware · 13
Open source → Both, CAD, FOSH, FOSS, Hardware, HDL, It, Open-source, OSH, OSHW, PCB, The, There
related to Music · 12
Open source → Audacity, AUP, However, It, MIDI, Open, Open Music, Open Source Definition, RIAA's, The, The Free Software Definition, This
related to Software · 8
Open source → Due, It, Open Source Definition, Open Source Initiative, Open-source, OSS, The, These
related to Artificial intelligence · 6
Open source → AI, Open Source Initiative, Open-source, Some, The, This

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open source software open-source public files resources licenses hardware 10 doi music rights digital issn collaboration also free pdf isbn

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Open sourceis apractice of publishing digital resources publicly alongside their source code or source files0.90text
web serversinstance ofpowering domains0.80text
cloud computinginstance ofpowering domains0.80text
supercomputersinstance ofpowering domains0.80text
mobile devicesinstance ofpowering domains0.80text
artificial intelligenceinstance ofpowering domains0.80text
and Internet of Thingsinstance ofpowering domains0.80text
PDFinstance ofIt is common for Open Educational Resources such as open textbooks to be available only in a final format0.80text
limiting the ability of users to modify them despite the rights provided by open licensesinstance ofIt is common for Open Educational Resources such as open textbooks to be available only in a final format0.80text
LaTeX or Markdown files are made publicly available alongside the final PDF.FontsOpen source fonts are typefaces made publicly available alongside their source filesinstance ofwhere source files0.80text
.glyphsinstance ofFont editors store typefaces in source formats0.80text
UFOinstance ofFont editors store typefaces in source formats0.80text

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