open sourcing
Releasing code publicly
Open sourcing is making software's source code publicly available, allowing anyone to view, modify, and distribute it.
The term extends beyond software to any process of making proprietary information freely accessible: The company is open sourcing its research data.
The gerund form often describes an ongoing initiative or philosophy rather than a single act.
Those who give help
- maintainersThose who preserve function
- hackathonTimed team programming event
- repositoryPlace for storing things
- forkingDividing into branches
pull requests · commits · issues · stargazers · watchers · backers · code of conduct · changelog
British term for fool
- version controlTracks changes to files
- forkTined eating tool
- mergeCombine into unity
- pull requestProposal to incorporate code changes
repository · branch · commit · clone · diff · patch · release · changelog
Programs costing nothing
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- sharingDividing among others
- commonsShared community resources
collective · decentralization · democratization · knowledge sharing · digital rights · copyleft · libre · community-driven
Quality of being verifiable
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- peer reviewExpert evaluation before publication
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- visibilityRange of clear sight
Recursive-acronym operating system
- ApacheSouthwestern indigenous nation
- MITCambridge research university
- copyleftMandatory openness inheritance clause
- Creative CommonsNonprofit providing sharing licenses
public domain · attribution · redistribute · modify · permissive · GPL · license · non-commercial
contributors
Those who give help
- maintainersThose who preserve function
- hackathonTimed team programming event
- repositoryPlace for storing things
forking · pull requests · commits · issues · stargazers · watchers · backers · code of conduct · changelog · users
git
British term for fool
- version controlTracks changes to files
- forkTined eating tool
- mergeCombine into unity
pull request · repository · branch · commit · clone · diff · patch · release · changelog · documentation
free software
Programs costing nothing
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- sharingDividing among others
commons · collective · decentralization · democratization · knowledge sharing · digital rights · copyleft · libre · community-driven · non-proprietary
auditability
Quality of being verifiable
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- peer reviewExpert evaluation before publication
- disclosureAct of revealing information
visibility · accessibility · reproducibility · bug bounty · trust
GNU
Recursive-acronym operating system
- ApacheSouthwestern indigenous nation
- MITCambridge research university
- copyleftMandatory openness inheritance clause
Creative Commons · public domain · attribution · redistribute · modify · permissive · GPL · license · non-commercial · relicensing
open sourcingproprietary
Legally owned, restricted use
closed source · locking down · privatizing · licensing · patenting
open sourcinghoarding
Excessive accumulation of goods
concealing · gatekeeping · withholding · suppressing · classifying
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