What is "open source"?

What is "open source"?

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Open source is freely available code on the internet that anybody can download and make changes to. A lot of people who develop software for audio applications/for photo applications feel that their work should be free and that other people are free to make changes to it. And that the world would be a better place in the end if they make their software available for everybody. You've got the other camp where programmers actually say that, "no, if I have this knowledge I should be able to make a living off it and I should be able to profit off of it." I personally think there is more than enough room for both camps, and that the open source people are right. If you make a small application, then make it available for everybody, the more programmers who get into it and make changes, the better the application will be. You can factor each other; you are stronger together than you are apart.