• Products that include permission to use the source code, design documents, or content of the product. “Open source” most commonly refers to the open-source model, in which software or other products are released under a permissive open-source license. Use of the term originated with software, but has expanded beyond the software sector to cover other open content and forms of open collaboration. ← Wikipedia ↑ opensource.org

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