Re:What’s up with these new not-open source licenses?
by zapita on Friday March 19, 2021 @12:46AM
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> Using the term "open source" without any definition is useless. If we can't agree on a definition, it's impossible to know if we're actually talking about the same thing.
Here’s the Cambridge Dictionary’s definition of open source: “Open-source software is free to use, and the original program can be changed by anyone.”
Merriam-Webster’s definition: “of software : having the source code freely available for possible modification and redistribution”
Here’s the Cambridge Dictionary’s definition of open source: “Open-source software is free to use, and the original program can be changed by anyone.”
Merriam-Webster’s definition: “of software : having the source code freely available for possible modification and redistribution”