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Re:Open source means surrendering your monopoly over commerc... by sam0x17 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @09:58AM (#25847131)
I look at it this way: Which is a better world to live in? A world where a number of commercial entities make their software "open" but with commercial restrictions like Mongo, etc., or where these companies simply close source their products completely to avoid the consternation of the open source community for being "open" but not "free" for all use cases. Clearly the former is the better world to live in.

If we only allow a super narrow definition of open source to be considered open source, we are doing a disservice to the software community at large.

Re:Open source means surrendering your monopoly over commerc... by seba_dos1 on Thursday January 21, 2021 @07:55AM (#25858332)
The "open source" definition isn't "super narrow", it's just well-defined and has been for years. Now some people want to extend it to include things that go against that definition. The reality isn't how you make it sound.
Re:Open source means surrendering your monopoly over commerc... by __blockcipher__ on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @03:42PM (#25851714)
You’re drawing a false dichotomy here.