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Re:The product I worked on for the last 4 years is now open-... by CrimsonRain on Thursday January 26, 2023 @03:57AM (#34529348)
Or maybe some people are trying to blur the line between FOSS and OSS.

If source is publicly available, it is open source. Plain and simple; regardless of your legal ability to copy or modify.

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Re:The product I worked on for the last 4 years is now open-... by circuit10 on Friday January 27, 2023 @12:21PM (#34548781)
If I look up the definition of "open source", it says:

Definitions from Oxford Languages

open-source

denoting software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified.

Emphasis on "may be redistributed and modified"

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