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Open-source software

Open-source software (OSS) is computer software whose source code is publicly available, allowing users to use, study, modify, and distribute it — in contrast with proprietary (closed-source) software. These abilities are typically granted through open licenses or, more rarely, by dedication to the public domain.

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Software ownership

Open-source software development

Opportunities for participation

Legal and economic issues

Open software movement

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Open-source software

Nodes178
Edges177
Triples434
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011236
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Open-source software

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related to Further reading · 194
Open-source software → Adobe, Aesthetics, Anders, Andrew, Androutsellis-Theotokis, Archived, August, Authority-Based Coordination Affect Propagation, Barry, Bengt, Benjamin, Bibcode, Birkinbine, Bitzer, Björn, Boston, Brax, Butler, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
related to Prominent organizations · 31
Open-source software → Africa, African, American, As, Asia, Central, EU, FLISOL, FOSSAsia, FOSSFA, Free, Free Software Foundation, Free Software Foundation Europe, GRUP, Linux Australia, OFE, One Australian, Open, Open Source Initiative, OpenAfrica
related to Government uses · 21
Open-source software → Another, Because, China, China's, Defense, Department, For, Google's Android, Government, Harmony OS, However, Huawei, In, Many, OSS, Russia, South Korean, These, UK, United States
related to Licensing · 18
Open-source software → Apache, Artistic, Because, Both, BSD, Copyleft, EPL, Examples, FOSS, GNU, Jacobson, Katzer, MIT, MPL, One, Permissive, Strong, The
see also · 15
Open-source software → Comparison, DayOpen Source Developers' ConferenceOpen, FoundationJournal, Free, KosovoOpen Source University MeetupOpen, Open, Open Source SoftwareOpen Source, Proprietary, Source Development LabsOpen Source, Source InitiativeOpen-source, Source InitiativeTimeline, Source PhysicsOpen Source Geospatial, Source Software InstituteOpen-source, Technology GroupOpen, Zealand Open Source Awards
related to Development tools · 13
Open-source software → Centralized Version, Concurrent Versions System, CVCS, CVS, DVCS, Git, GitHub, Gitlab, In, Subversion, SVN, The, Version
related to Free software · 12
Open-source software → Although, DRM, Free, FSF's, He, It, Nevertheless, Open Source Initiative, Richard Stallman, Stallman, The FSF, Under OSI's
related to Contributing · 9
Open-source software → For, However, New, Next, Non-core, OSS, Some, The, UX
related to "Open" versus "free" versus "free and open" · 8
Open-source software → Confusion, Conversely, FLOSS, For, FOSS, Free, Open Source Definition, Richard Stallman
related to Disparities · 8
Open-source software → Additionally, Bias, Even, Explicit, OSS, Social, Some, Specifically

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software source open open-source free code oss proprietary use development license projects community users public developers foss project gnu stallman

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
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
bug reportinginstance ofThis is established by communicating with the OSS community through avenues0.80text
tracking or mailing listsinstance ofThis is established by communicating with the OSS community through avenues0.80text
project pagesinstance ofThis is established by communicating with the OSS community through avenues0.80text
Centralized Version control systeminstance oftools are used to support the development of the product and the development process itself.Version control systems0.80text
issue trackers to organize open-source software developmentinstance ofThe repositories are hosted and published on source-code-hosting facilities such as GitHub or Gitlab.Open-source projects use utilities0.80text
mailing listsinstance ofCommonly used bug trackers include Bugzilla and Redmine.Tools0.80text

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