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Re:Open-sourcing the Lightning Web Components framework by jefflombardjr on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @10:06PM (#20047722)
> Not owning the framework fundamentally means jeopardizing our business and our customers, since we can't control our future.

Then why make the framework open source in the first place? The definition of open source is not owning the framework.

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Re:Open-sourcing the Lightning Web Components framework by girishla on Sunday June 02, 2019 @06:18PM (#20078680)
We all know that Facebook controls React and Google controls Angular and so on., similarly Salesforce will control LWC
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Re:Open-sourcing the Lightning Web Components framework by dickeytk on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @10:45PM (#20047913)
that's the definition of free software, not open source. Open source just means you can view the code.
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Re:Open-sourcing the Lightning Web Components framework by ptx on Thursday May 30, 2019 @02:33AM (#20048899)
No, open source[1] and free software[2] are the same thing. The only difference is in philosophy of advocacy - the open source movement branched off from the free software movement because they wanted to emphasize the practical benefits rather than the ethical aspects (user freedom).

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

[2] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

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Re:Open-sourcing the Lightning Web Components framework by dickeytk on Thursday May 30, 2019 @10:34AM (#20051540)
That’s my point.
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Re:Open-sourcing the Lightning Web Components framework by ptx on Thursday May 30, 2019 @05:00PM (#20055865)
If you look at the definitions I linked to, you'll see that they are very similar to each other and both involve a lot more than "just means you can view the code".

In fact, the very first sentence of the introduction explicitly rejects your proposed definition: "Open source doesn't just mean access to the source code."

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Re:Open-sourcing the Lightning Web Components framework by dickeytk on Thursday May 30, 2019 @06:38PM (#20056648)
Sure, buddy
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