open-source software

Summary

open-source software ranks in the top 0.22% of software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,290 views/month, #9 of 4,153).^[1]

Key Facts

• open-source software's image is recorded as ImageJScreenshot.png^[2].
• open-source software's subclass of is recorded as source-available software^[3].
• open-source software's subclass of is recorded as freely redistributable software^[4].
• open-source software's subclass of is recorded as open content^[5].
• open-source software's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01148004^[6].
• open-source software's part of is recorded as open knowledge^[7].
• open-source software's said to be the same as is recorded as free software^[8].
• open-source software's said to be the same as is recorded as free and open-source software^[9].
• open-source software's opposite of is recorded as proprietary software^[10].
• open-source software's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01pjyj^[11].
• open-source software's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph172860^[12].
• open-source software's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300387513^[13].
• open-source software's PSH ID is recorded as 13679^[14].
• open-source software's described by source is recorded as Open Science Thesaurus^[15].
• open-source software's has characteristic is recorded as free license^[16].
• open-source software's BBC Things ID is recorded as 4731afed-0914-4f69-9760-208a0351e7c0^[17].
• open-source software's different from is recorded as open source^[18].
• open-source software's different from is recorded as free software^[19].
• open-source software's different from is recorded as OSI-approved license^[20].
• open-source software's different from is recorded as free and open-source software^[21].
• open-source software's different from is recorded as source-available software^[22].
• open-source software's ACM Classification Code is recorded as 10003597^[23].
• open-source software's hashtag is recorded as opensource^[24].
• open-source software's Quora topic ID is recorded as Open-Source-Software^[25].
• open-source software's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19552811^[26].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for open-source software include Générateur d'Articles Wikipedia à Améliorer^[27], a web application^[28], founded in 2019^[29].

Why It Matters

open-source software ranks in the top 0.22% of software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,290 views/month, #9 of 4,153).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

It is credited with the discovery of clear^[32], a standard UNIX utility or command^[33]. Entities named for it include Générateur d'Articles Wikipedia à Améliorer^[27], a web application^[28], founded in 2019^[29].

FAQs

What did open-source software discover?

open-source software is credited as discoverer of clear^[32].