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Re:YouTube-dl source code encoded in two images by alpaca128 on Saturday October 24, 2020 @10:33AM (#24879418)
Open Source is not the same as Free Software and does not say much about the license other than that the source can be viewed. At least that is my understanding.
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Re:YouTube-dl source code encoded in two images by billyjobob on Saturday October 24, 2020 @12:22PM (#24880123)
Your understanding is incorrect. Open Source is an alternative term for Free Software[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_terms_for_free_sof...

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Re:YouTube-dl source code encoded in two images by 533474 on Saturday October 24, 2020 @07:10PM (#24882631)
His understanding was correct. Open source is not the same [1]. It might be an alternative but it is not the same as free software.

[1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point....

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Re:YouTube-dl source code encoded in two images by hda2 on Saturday October 24, 2020 @10:45PM (#24883486)
Open source was coined by the guys at mozilla to avoid the ambiguity people are trying to create. Open source has a clear and well-defined meaning and it's not defined by whether the source is viewable.
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Re:YouTube-dl source code encoded in two images by joshmanders on Saturday October 24, 2020 @10:51AM (#24879540)
Your understanding is correct. Open source means nothing more than you can view the source. It's just typically open source software also comes with a license that allows you to use it free, either with MIT or similar.

OSS !== FOSS

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Re:YouTube-dl source code encoded in two images by billyjobob on Saturday October 24, 2020 @12:26PM (#24880149)
You are thinking of Source-Available Software[1], not Open Source. The sets of Open Source and Free Software licenses are (almost) identical. OSS == FOSS == FLOSS == FS, etc.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-available_software

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Re:YouTube-dl source code encoded in two images by joshmanders on Saturday October 24, 2020 @11:31PM (#24883641)
OSS, FOSS and FLOSS are not the same at all.
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Re:YouTube-dl source code encoded in two images by bblough on Sunday October 25, 2020 @10:28AM (#24886541)
I responded to this here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24886508
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Re:YouTube-dl source code encoded in two images by hda2 on Saturday October 24, 2020 @10:50PM (#24883502)
Your understanding is not correct. Open source does not only mean than you can view the source. If you're not familiar with the term, look it up. Don't make things up.
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Re:YouTube-dl source code encoded in two images by joshmanders on Saturday October 24, 2020 @11:30PM (#24883639)
You should talk to RMS and ask his opinion then.
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Re:YouTube-dl source code encoded in two images by bblough on Sunday October 25, 2020 @10:27AM (#24886537)
I responded to this here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24886508
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