Open Source Community

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. The people and social structures around an open source project or ecosystem, including maintainers, contributors, users, sponsors, and moderators. It is often the real long-term asset behind a project, beyond the code itself.

    In plain English: The group of people who build, use, and support an open source project.

    Example: "The open source community around the tool is the reason bugs get fixed so quickly."

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