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Open Source definition - hacker
Open source proponents believe that software users should be able to view the source code and make changes to it to correct glitches or produce value-added features. The Linux operating system, for example, is open source.

See Also: Internet; Open Source Initiative (OSI).

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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