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Open sourceis source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use and view the source code, design documents, or content of the product. Theopen source modelis a decentralized software development model that encourages open collaboration. A main principle of open source software development is peer production, with products such as source code, blueprints, and documentation freely available to the public. The open source movement in software began as a response to the limitations of proprietary code. The model is used for projects such as in open source eCommerce, open source appropriate technology, and open source drug discovery.

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