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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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