Re:The Copyleft Bust Up
by klez on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @01:57PM
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> Software can be non free but still open source.
This is a misconception I see a lot recently.
If you look at the Open Source Definition[0] you'll see that no, it's not sufficient that you can read the code. That would not be Open Source, it would be something else (Source Available?)
Practically speaking (given the linked definition), software that is Open Source is also Free Software.
This is a misconception I see a lot recently.
If you look at the Open Source Definition[0] you'll see that no, it's not sufficient that you can read the code. That would not be Open Source, it would be something else (Source Available?)
Practically speaking (given the linked definition), software that is Open Source is also Free Software.
[0] https://opensource.org/osd