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Re:Quadratic – Open-Source Spreadsheet Is Now Multiplayer by davidkircos on Thursday February 01, 2024 @01:01PM (#39219026)
Quadratic's source code is openly available on Github, we will amend our language to "open access" going forward. We are far more open than any other spreadsheet, and pride ourselves on that!
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Re:Quadratic – Open-Source Spreadsheet Is Now Multiplayer by sneak on Thursday February 01, 2024 @01:19PM (#39219253)
The term you are looking for is “source available”. Using “open” is deceptive.

Your source code is not “openly available” simply because you have published it.

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Re:Quadratic – Open-Source Spreadsheet Is Now Multiplayer by _a_a_a_ on Thursday February 01, 2024 @02:10PM (#39219862)
Interesting; any pointers to the difference would be welcome, TIA
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Re:Quadratic – Open-Source Spreadsheet Is Now Multiplayer by dwb on Thursday February 01, 2024 @03:25PM (#39220933)
This a very widely accepted one: https://opensource.org/osd/
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Re:Quadratic – Open-Source Spreadsheet Is Now Multiplayer by swyx on Thursday February 01, 2024 @02:16PM (#39219939)
linked in the github issue: "Quadratic's source code is available publicly in this repo. However, we do not provide any license to use, modify, or distribute our code." so you can look at it but dont have permission to use it
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