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Open Source

Open source is a software licensing and distribution model in which source code is available for use, study, modification, and redistribution under approved licenses, which matters in enterprises for compliance, security, software supply chain governance, and architecture planning.

  • 206 articles
  • 359 companies
  • Most covered: Aviz Networks, Sonic, Nvidia

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Vendors describe the same technology in different words. This record pins down what "Open Source" means and ties it to the companies and coverage that use it, so an agent compares like with like.

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359 companies that coverage ties to the term, listed by how often, each linked to its own record.

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  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -H "accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"arguments":{"slug":"open-source"},"name":"di_get_term"}}'

REST

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It's in real use 206 articles tag it; 359 companies are tied to it subjectOf
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