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Re:Sunsetting Atom by Beltalowda on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @05:49PM (#31674774)
What you're trying to say is "I don't like the way it's run". Okay, fine. That doesn't make it "not open source".

I have projects where I don't accept patches. "It works for me" and I just don't feel like reviewing patches. Is that not "open source" in spite of being MIT licenced?

"I can do with the code what I want" is the entire and only point of Open Source and Free Software, something Stallman and many others have been pretty clear about over the years.

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Re:Sunsetting Atom by trasz on Thursday June 09, 2022 @05:34AM (#31679256)
>"I can do with the code what I want" is the entire and only point of Open Source

This is not true at all, as evidenced by http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral.... You are mistaking Open Source for public domain.

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