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Re:Why Wolfram tech isn’t open source (2019) by Semaphor on Saturday December 18, 2021 @11:14PM (#29611248)
> specifically, the OSI considers GPL-licensed software to not be capital-letters “Open Source”

What? OSI disagrees with you.

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Re:Why Wolfram tech isn’t open source (2019) by commoner on Sunday December 19, 2021 @12:32AM (#29611636)
Yes, here's a list of licenses approved by the OSI as open source, which includes the GPL and AGPL:

https://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical

"Free software", "open source software", and "free and open source software" are often used interchangeably because they refer to software that is largely protected by the same set of licenses. The terms differ by emphasizing different aspects of the philosophy behind FOSS.[1]

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

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