Adjective
Whose source code can be viewed, and in some cases modified, but which itself is not necessarily open-source.
Usage- not-comparable
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MongoDB is licensed as a source-available, distributed, document database and a community edition can be freely downloaded for multiple operating systems. It is well-suited to large-scale, database-driven application development.
The BSL is a ‘Source Available’ license that freely allows using the code for development and other non-production work such as testing. Production use of the software requires a commercial license from Lightbend.