问个白痴问题，C语言开源吗

语言不存在开不开源。语言本身是一套（语法）标准比如"C++11"，这个标准的草案网上可以下载，如果是正式版本需要付费。

是否开源是指编译C/C++代码的编译器是否开源。

目前只有GCC开源的。intel的和微软的c/c++编译器是不开源的。

　C语言是一个由ISO组织中的ANSI制定的标准，任何个人或者组织都可以根据这个标准将其实现。现今，世界上有许多不同的C语言实现，比较著名的有：GCC、Watcom、MS C等，其中前两者是开源的，后者是闭源的。下面粘贴几个老外的回答（原回答链接）。

The C language is not a piece of software but a defined standard, so one wouldn't say that it's open-source, but rather that it's an open standard.

There are a gazillion different compilers for C however, and many of those are indeed open-source. The most notable example is GCC's C compiler, which is all under the GNU General Public License (GPL), an open-source license.

There are more options. Watcom is open-source, for instance. There is no shortage of open-source C compilers, but without a doubt the most widespread one, at least in the non-Windows world, is GCC.

For Windows, your best bet is probably Watcom or GCC by using Cygwin or MinGW.

C is a standard which specifies how C compilers should generate programs.

C itself doesn't have any source code, just like a musical note doesn't have any plastic.

Some C compilers, such as GCC, are open source.

C is just a language, and a standardised one at that, too. It pretty much is the compiler that "does all the work". Different compilers did have different dialectsbefore the the C99 ANSI standard, you had things like Borland C and other competing compilers, that implemented the C language in their own fantastic ways.

stdlib is just an agreed-upon collection of standard libraries that are required to be present in any ANSI C implementation.

关于C++开源与否：

与C语言类似，C++也是由ISO/ANSI制定的一个标准，所谓的“官方”并未给出确切的实现，任何组织与个人都可以根据标准自己开发一个C++编译器出来。出名的C++编译器有：GCC/G++、libc/libc++、clang（++）、 Visual studio和MS´ runtime等。也把老外的几个回答贴出来（原回答链接）。

C++ itself is only a description what the language should be,

without a definite implementation.

Anyone can make his own implementations (compiler etc, runtime library, ...)

and call it C++ if it fits to the description.

http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/

And if a implementation is open source depends on the creator.

Examples of implementation (parts):

GCC/G++, libc/libc++, clang (++ too), Visual studio and MS´ runtime...

C++ is developed by an ISO standard committee. There's also a C++ foundation that runs a web site you might want to read.

C++ itself is a language, not a specific implementation, so there's no source code available for the standard/language itself.

Some C++ implementations are open source (e.g., Gnu and Clang).

1. C++ is a code standard defined by the International Organization of Standardization (ISO). There are many different implementations of the language, but they all tend to conform to C++11. Unlike Linux or Qt, C++ is just a standard, and to use any code written in the language you'll need a compiler. The major compilers (list from Wikipedia) are LLVM Clang, GCC, Microsoft Visual C++, and the Intel C++ Compiler.

2. C++ revisions are dealt with by ISO, and are influenced primarily by the maintainers of the above four implementations.

3. Clang and GCC are both open-source, I'm sure if you poke around you can find other conforming compilers but those are the two most used.

 总之，跟Java、Python和PHP这样所谓的开源语言不同，C语言与C++没有官方提供的各自确切的实现代码（库），ISO/ANSI仅仅提供了C和C++的标准。

      这些都是我从自个儿博客摘抄来的，也不见得有人看得到。

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