GitLab Isn’t Really Open-Source

Re:GitLab Isn’t Really Open-Source by kerng on Monday June 04, 2018 @02:12PM (#17230458)

Exactly. For instance Windows source code has been "open source" for about 18 years or so via a license anyone can request. This is still not what most people think of when speaking about open source though.

Edit: They call it Shared Source actually: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sharedsource/default.aspx

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Re:GitLab Isn’t Really Open-Source by the_af on Monday June 04, 2018 @02:33PM (#17230675)

Yes, Shared Source, not open source. Microsoft (un)surprisingly understood the differences, back in the day, and avoided the latter term.

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Re:GitLab Isn’t Really Open-Source by solarkraft on Monday June 04, 2018 @02:26PM (#17230602)

Woah, what? The current version?

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