openness

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The state or property of being open, in any sense of that word.

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The quality or state of being open.

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Accommodating attitude or opinion, as in receptivity to new ideas, behaviors, cultures, peoples, environments, experiences, etc., different from the familiar, conventional, traditional, or one’s own.

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The degree to which a person, group, organization, institution, or society exhibits this liberal attitude or opinion.

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degree of accessibility to view, use, and modify computer code in a shared environment with legal rights generally held in common and preventing proprietary restrictions on the right of others to continue viewing, using, modifying and sharing that code.

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The degree to which a system operates with distinct boundaries across which exchange occurs capable of inducing change in the system while maintaining the boundaries themselves.

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characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one’s actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive

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without obstructions to passage or view

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willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)