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Thanks but I dont generally trust Wikipedia and asking here and getting a good short answer is a lot easier
βWhen it comes to software and copyright law, I trust pseudonymous internet randos more than Wikipedia.β
Yes
Having some distrust in Wikipedia is healthy; you certainly shouldn't take it as the final word about facts you're depending on the accuracy of. But, it is very often a good starting point for learning about a new subject.
Spending a minute or two reading that "source code" article (or another version of it which is likely available in your first language) would give you a much better understanding of the concept of source code (which is a prerequisite for understanding what "closed source" means) than any of the answers in this thread so far.
Could you talk more on not trusting Wikipedia?
Well in my country it is heavily biased and wrong
Could you give an example?