open sourceror

noun

A programmer who works only on open source programs.

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Meanings

nounopen sourceror (plural open sourcerors)

plural open sourcerors · alternative open sourcerer

  1. informalcomputingA programmer who works only on open source programs.

    Whereas a free sourceror wouldn't be caught dead using anything other than (GNU) Linux, open sourcerors are happy to use whatever works.

    2015 June 3, Mat Asay, “Open source vs. Apple: The holy war that wasn't”, in Tech Republic
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    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.

    2008, Tim Jordan, Hacking: Digital Media and Technological Determinism, →ISBN, page 70

Origin

Blend of open source + sorcerer.

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