open sourceror
(Redirected from sourceror)
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBlend of open source + sorceror.
Noun
editopen sourceror (plural open sourcerors)
- (informal, computing) A programmer who works only on open source programs.
- 2008, Tim Jordan, Hacking: Digital Media and Technological Determinism, →ISBN, page 70:
- Rather, just as a cracker can be an open sourceror and vice versa, so many of the identities I am about to outline can be taken up by the same person at the same time, or be passed through over different times.
- 2015 June 3, Mat Asay, “Open source vs. Apple: The holy war that wasn't”, in Tech Republic:
- Whereas a free sourceror wouldn't be caught dead using anything other than (GNU) Linux, open sourcerors are happy to use whatever works.