Open source, explained

A licensing choice that turned into a way of building software — and a lot of the internet.

Open Source Software Development & Licensing Ecosystem — Open source decentralized collaborative software development, licensing frameworks, and public infrastructure.Source: Open Source Initiative

Open Source(Concept) software has publicly available source code, licensed in a way that permits use, modification, and redistribution.

Examples everywhere

The Linux(Technology) kernel, the PostgreSQL(Technology) database, Docker(Technology), Kubernetes(Technology) — most of the internet runs on open source.

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GitHub(Company)Kubernetes(Technology)Docker(Technology)PostgreSQL(Technology)Linux(Technology)Open Source(Concept)

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