Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Whose constituent makeup, or source code, is not made publicly available.
Etymologies
- The word source here almost always refers to computer language source code. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“‘Open-source’ textbooks would be just as able to synthesize and publish that knowledge as ‘closed-source’ ones.”
“The protocols on all of these systems are closed-source the last I remember (2000 was the last time I touched a PLC).”
“I believe VMWare, qemu and the closed-source version of virtualbox all provide USB support.”
Windows 7 RC Includes “Windows XP Mode” | Lifehacker Australia
“Companies that want to use Ghostscript in closed-source proprietary software projects can avoid the copyleft requirement by purchasing a commercial license from Artifex.”
The Huffington Post: Voting Machine Company Diebold Faces Lawsuit Over Software Use
“Potential clues for meeting the challenge of competing in a world without secrets might be found in the debate between open - and closed-source models for software distribution, or other experiments with open innovation, such as Eli Lilly's "e research" subsidiary that shares information with a network of thousands of independent researchers to help solve some of their toughest problems.”
The Huffington Post: Suzanne E. Spaulding: No More Secrets: Then What?
“(Voters living in the District will continue to use closed-source, proprietary hardware, although the next batch of machines [PDF] will generate a paper record, visible to the voter, confirming that that the machine registered the ballot accurately.)”
The Washington Post: D.C. launches test of open-source online voting
“Likewise, the future of the social web will not be built on proprietary, closed-source protocols and standards.”
Facebook, the USSR, communism, and train tracks | FactoryCity
“He has also questioned Haystack's lack of transparency by keeping its technology secret – or closed-source.”
The Washington Post: Haystack stops tests of Iran anti-censor software amid security concerns
“San Francisco "overpaid greatly" for a badly-supported proprietary closed-source system that barely works, according to Gorton, putting the city under the thumb of a private company that provides sub-par support.”
“Along with asserting the need to consider open source and open standards as equally viable as commercial, closed-source solutions, the policy also said they must "embed an 'open source' culture of sharing, re-use and collaborative development across Government and its suppliers.”
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