Open Source Software

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Open source software

Eurovoc reference

435299 Open source software

Related concepts

• Copyright
• Artist’s resale right

Alternative Concepts

• Free and open source software
• FOSS
• OSS

Definition

Software that can be freely used, changed, and shared (in modified or unmodified form) by anyone.

Other Languages

• Spanish: Software de código abierto
• French: Logiciel libre
• German: Freie Software
• Italian: Software open source/a codice sorgente aperto
• Portuguese: Software aberto
• Polish: Otwarte oprogramowanie

Properties and Values of Open source software

• URI https://en.legalthesaurus.org/open-source-software/
• skos:Concept: https://en.legalthesaurus.org/open-source-software/

Preferred lexical labels

• skos:prefLabel: Open source software (en) (USE)
• Term in other languages: see above

Generic concepts

• skos:broader: See above (GT)
• skos:hasTopConcept: See above (Areas)

Specific concepts

• skos:narrower: See the specific concepts above (ST)

Related concepts

• skos:related: see the associative relationships above (RT)
• skos:related: related (other related concepts)

Alternative lexical labels

• skos:altLabel: see the alternative concepts above (UF)
• skos:altLabel: synonym (S)
• skos:altLabel: look up Open source software abbreviations and acronyms (A)

Documentation notes

• skos:scopeNote: this concept on Open source software defines the activities of Open source software (en)
• skos:editorialNote: Editorial Note on Open source software (EN)
• skos:notation: Notation on Open source software: see reference Eurovoc (N)
• skos:definition: Open source software definition:
• skos:example: example of Open source software usage:

Thematic indexing

• dct:subject: https://lawin.org/open-source-software/
• Definitions: See the meaning(s) of Open source software
• Search the digital platform (S)

Other general information

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