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Free sign upThe word "open-source" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to software or information that is made freely available to the public to be used, studied, shared, and modified. For example: "The developers like to use open-source software to create new applications."
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open-source
verb
To release the source code of.
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Open-source fever is spreading.
It's all open-source.
But open-source begging?
The rest is free or open-source.
Today Adafruit remains an open-source company.
Open-source programs are typically distributed free.
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Open source is opportunity.
The Open Source War".
They're open source.
"We're open source," he says.
And when is open source not open source?
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