Re:Changing the Ungit license from MIT to Faircode
by INTPenis on Thursday November 09, 2017 @05:50AM
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I see what you mean but that doesn't make sense to me.
Open source is by definition of the phrase, as well as in practical cases, a program whos source is available. Nothing more.
There are many prominent open source programs that also exist as a licensed product.
That's why I have always believed free software (FOSS) to be the other definition where the software cannot be licensed or sold for a profit.
No, I'm not. Please read the open source definition: https://opensource.org/osd-annotated
In practical terms there's very little difference between free software and open source. It's mostly a "philosophical" difference - free software advocates put an emphasis on "freedom", while open source advocates see it more as a business model. But the requirements for the licensing are identical.