Question

A special class of software in which the source code is freely available to the general public for use and/or modification is called:

Answer 1

Answer:

The special class of software is called open-source software.

Explanation:

With open-source software, the copyright holder allows others to study, modify, and distribute the software that they have originally produced. The idea is that this will increase collaboration and subvert purely profit-driven models for developing software programs. The standards for open-source software is that the person sharing their copyright and license must allow for free redistribution, they must provide the source code in a way that is unambiguous and easy to find. They also must allow for derived work from their original source code and they cannot restrict access due to the field the other party is in. For example, they cannot discriminate against artificial intelligence development for example.