open-source

American  

[oh-puhn-sawrs, -sohrs] / ˈoʊ pənˈsɔrs, -ˈsoʊrs /

adjective

1. Computers. pertaining to or denoting software whose source code is available free of charge to the public to use, copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute.

2. pertaining to or denoting a product or system whose origins, formula, design, etc., are freely accessible to the public.

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open source British  

noun

1. 1. intellectual property, esp computer source code, that is made freely available to the general public by its creators

   2. ( as modifier ) Compare closed source

      open source software

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open-source Scientific  

1. Relating to source code that is available to the public without charge. Open-source code is often enhanced, improved, and adapted for specific purposes by interested programmers, with the revised versions of the code are made available to the public. For example, most of the code in the Linux operating system is open-source.

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Etymology

Origin of open-source

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

However, they too can sometimes produce errors, making it necessary to supplement their findings with additional evidence such as open-source data.

From Barron's

Reflection is one of several startups working alongside Nvidia to build powerful, freely available “open-source” AI models.

From The Wall Street Journal

The key selling point of Reflection is that it is releasing “open-source” AI models, meaning they are free for users to download and modify.

From Barron's

The second set focused on chest X-rays, with half real and half created using RoentGen, an open-source generative AI diffusion model developed by Stanford Medicine researchers.

From Science Daily

The deal would add firepower to Reflection, which is central to Nvidia’s efforts to create an open-source ecosystem that can run on its chips and counter the growing and increasingly sophisticated offerings in China.

From The Wall Street Journal