Open-source software

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Software whose source code is freely available for anyone to use, modify, and redistribute. A model of commons-based peer production that challenges the proprietary software paradigm.

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Open source

Software whose source code is freely available for anyone to...

Commons-based peer production

Yochai Benkler's term for collaborative creation outside mar...

Proprietary software

Software owned by a company, sold under license, with source...