Editing Source-available software (section)

{{short description|Software licensed to ensure access to source code}}
{{primary sources|date=July 2011}}

'''Source-available software''' is [[software]] released through a [[source code]] distribution model that includes arrangements where the source can be viewed, and in some cases modified, but without necessarily meeting the criteria to be called ''[[open-source software|open-source]]''.<ref name="dod">{{cite web|url=https://dodcio.defense.gov/Open-Source-Software-FAQ/|title=DoD Open Source Software (OSS) FAQ: Is there a name for software whose source code is publicly available, but does not meet the definition of open source software? |website=Chief Information Officer|publisher=U.S. Department of Defense|access-date=23 Jul 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724032116/https://dodcio.defense.gov/Open-Source-Software-FAQ/|archive-date=Jul 24, 2018}}</ref> The licenses associated with the offerings range from allowing code to be viewed for reference to allowing code to be modified and redistributed for both commercial and non-commercial purposes.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fortunato |first1=Laura |author-link1=Laura Fortunato (academic) |last2=Galassi |first2=Mark |author-link2=Mark Galassi |title=The case for free and open source software in research and scholarship |journal=[[Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A]] |date=17 May 2021 |volume=379 |issue=2197 |doi=10.1098/rsta.2020.0079 |pmid=33775148 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2021RSPTA.37900079F }}</ref>