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Re:Saving Lydia by OJFord on Thursday July 25, 2019 @07:05AM (#20524336)
Yes, that's really confusing, is it seriously only referring to posting photos on Instagram?

Even in that ridiculous analogy, that's sharing binaries with the source kept closed!

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Re:Saving Lydia by dusted on Thursday July 25, 2019 @07:46AM (#20524545)
If a program was created in machine language, it's binary IS its code, you don't need the abstraction. If you chose to share this data freely, it's open source. Even if you just play on the words; You open a source of information.
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