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topic	Open Source Software	Open Source Software is software where the code that creates it is publicly available.

Open Source Software is computer software where the original source code used to create that software is publicly available. This usually means that anyone can freely download, view, and edit the source code that is used to build a working version of the program.

Examples

• Linux. The Linux operating system is one of the most widely used programs in the world and forms the basis of Android and Ubuntu.
• Wikipedia. All of the code and data used to create Wikipedia is freely available for anyone to obtain a copy of.