'''Open source''' is a set of principles and practices that promote access to the design and production of goods and knowledge. The term is most commonly applied to the [[source code]] of [[software]] that is available to the general public with relaxed or non-existent [[intellectual property]] restrictions. This allows [[user generated content|users to create software content]] through incremental individual effort or through [[collaboration]]. | '''Open source''' is a set of principles and practices that promote access to the design and production of goods and knowledge. The term is most commonly applied to the [[source code]] of [[software]] that is available to the general public with relaxed or non-existent [[intellectual property]] restrictions. This allows [[user generated content|users to create software content]] through incremental individual effort or through [[collaboration]]. |