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tokai ◴[] No.41924295[source]
Still not open source many hours later after multiple people said to put a license on it. Calling something open source when its not is really not okay, and it is hurting free and open source software.
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segmondy ◴[] No.41925018[source]
It is open source, the source is right there on the repo for anyone to read. It can be open source without being free software, it can be open source without having any license. If the owner has opened their code to the world to read, it's open source.
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linsomniac ◴[] No.41925042[source]
It is "source available" not "open source", there's a difference. The term "open source" refers to a particular thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source
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segmondy ◴[] No.41925203[source]
I was around before that wiki page was written and know exactly what open source means. I'm not going to play the double speak game on words. open source means you can read the code. period. it doesn't matter if it's free, or if it has a commercial nature or not.

free software is software you don't have to pay money to use, it doesn't matter if you have access to the code or not.

source available means the source is available on request and with restrictions to keep it private. doesn't matter if the software is free or not.

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1. MYEUHD ◴[] No.41957503[source]
> free software is software you don't have to pay money to use, it doesn't matter if you have access to the code or not.

Free software is software that grants the four essential freedoms [0]. It doesn't matter if it's gratis or not.

[0]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html#four-freedoms