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Why design the
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Open Source way?
Open source is a form of licensing agreement that allows users to freely modify an existing project, generate a new one, or even derive a larger project from an existing one by enhancing the original work. Works that use these licenses are often made collaboratively. As open source has established itself, a culture of practices and norms have developed around the concept. At its best, open source culture enables the equal exchange of ideas within a community to harness group creativity, ease of use, and flexibility. Open source software is typically free of charge, and often so too is support, provided on a community-driven and best-effort basis. Using (as opposed to making) open source software often incurs a lower total cost of ownership than its closed source and proprietary alternatives.
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