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Re:GitLab Isn’t Really Open-Source by ng12 on Monday June 04, 2018 @02:17PM (#17230508)
Why not? You can modify/redistribute it, you can't just deploy it to production without having a valid subscription. It's not Free Software, but it is Open Source.
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Re:GitLab Isn’t Really Open-Source by the_af on Monday June 04, 2018 @02:37PM (#17230728)
Free Software and Open Source's differences are more philosophical than technical/legal [0]. This means that if something cannot be Free Software it cannot, more often than not, be Open Source either.

If you cannot deploy it without a paid subscription, it's not Open Source by most commonly accepted definitions of the term.

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[0] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.en....

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Re:GitLab Isn’t Really Open-Source by mindcrime on Monday June 04, 2018 @04:17PM (#17231944)
It's not Open Source because the terms aren't compliant with the OSD[1]. And while the OSD may not be a de-jure definition of "Open Source" it is the de-facto definition in the popular vernacular around this subject.

[1]: https://opensource.org/osd-annotated

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