Open source
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Open source software is a type of software released under a license through which the copyright holder grants users the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose. It is also a philosophy with participants believing in the free and open sharing of information in pursuit of the greater common good.
Open source gained hold with the rise of the Internet. The open-source software movement arose to clarify copyright, licensing, domain, and consumer issues.