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open source

philosophy about free redistribution and access to a product
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open source

Summary

open source is a social movement[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of social_movement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (527 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • open source's instance of is recorded as social movement[3].
  • open source's instance of is recorded as software development methodology[4].
  • open source's founder is recorded as Open Source Initiative[5].
  • open source's founder is recorded as Bruce Perens[6].
  • open source's founder is recorded as Tim O'Reilly[7].
  • open source is a type of information[8].
  • open source is a type of software development[9].
  • open source's Commons category is recorded as Open source[10].
  • open source is the opposite of closed source[11].
  • February 2, 1998 marks the founding of open source[12].
  • open source's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Open source[13].
  • open source's partially coincident with is recorded as open knowledge[14].
  • open source's different from is recorded as open-source software[15].
  • open source's different from is recorded as open access[16].
  • open source's hashtag is recorded as OpenSource[17].
  • open source's named by is recorded as Christine Peterson[18].
  • open source's announcement date is recorded as February 9, 1998[19].

Body

Context

Recorded instance of include social movement[3] and software development methodology[4].

Outcome and Impact

Things named for open source include Open and Free Technology Community[20], an IRC network[21], founded in 2001[22].

Why It Matters

open source ranks in the top 6% of social_movement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (527 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for it include Open and Free Technology Community[20], an IRC network[21], founded in 2001[22].

Related Entities

Bruce Perens geOps GmbH KudoAI Network Open Source and Data OpenHD OpenIPC open-source software Reddit software development Tim O'Reilly Unreal Engine wifibroadcast NG

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . perens.com. perens.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . perens.com. perens.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → open-source software, open access
    Named by → Christine Peterson
    Subclass of → information, software development
    Instance of → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17089, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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