Re:Professional video editing, right in the browser with Web...
by mohebifar on Saturday March 21, 2026 @09:06PM
(#47473315)
You are absolutely right. I just changed the license to ELv2.
Re:Professional video editing, right in the browser with Web...
by maxloh on Saturday March 21, 2026 @09:49PM
(#47473616)
Nice change!
Re:Professional video editing, right in the browser with Web...
by bilekas on Sunday March 22, 2026 @12:20AM
(#47474416)
ELv2 is not open source either.
Re:Professional video editing, right in the browser with Web...
by guelo on Sunday March 22, 2026 @01:38AM
(#47474788)
It is not OSI® Open Source Definition™ approved, but it is open source for the common use of the term.
Re:Professional video editing, right in the browser with Web...
by TimeBearingDown on Sunday March 22, 2026 @01:54AM
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The accepted term is "source available".
Restrictions on usage type are not commonly accepted as open source by any community that I'm aware of.
Re:Professional video editing, right in the browser with Web...
by guelo on Sunday March 22, 2026 @02:21PM
(#47480493)
That is according to OSI. OSI does not get to dictate the english language.
Re:Professional video editing, right in the browser with Web...
by bilekas on Sunday March 22, 2026 @06:30AM
(#47476105)
I don't say it to be pedantic about the term, but there are hard restrictions on usage of this tool in commercial environments.. So it's important people are aware and don't just assume it's an open source.
Re:Professional video editing, right in the browser with Web...
by guelo on Sunday March 22, 2026 @02:07PM
(#47480327)
Right. OSI tried to use their authority to make it seem like AWS's strip mining of the open source ecosystem was the moral high ground. HN has a lot of wishful commercial operators who side with AWS. So they use "open source" lower case as a weapon to harass the open source developers. Personally I tend to side with the developers who try to figure out a way to keep their projects viable.
Re:Professional video editing, right in the browser with Web...
by RobotToaster on Sunday March 22, 2026 @04:06AM
(#47475415)
That isn't open source either.
As far as I know the most restrictive open source license is the AGPL, with a CLA that allows for commercial dual licensing.
Re:Professional video editing, right in the browser with Web...
by throawayonthe on Sunday March 22, 2026 @04:46AM
(#47475618)
if you want to call it open source, why not consider AGPL?
Re:Professional video editing, right in the browser with Web...
by Imustaskforhelp on Sunday March 22, 2026 @05:14AM
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I genuinely recommend putting something like AGPL if you wish to go towards Open Source route.
Re:Professional video editing, right in the browser with Web...
by flohofwoe on Sunday March 22, 2026 @04:51AM
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For nitpicking like that let me do some counter-nitpicking: please write 'Open Source (OSI)', 'Open Source (TM)' or at least capitalize it as 'Open Source' so that people know where you're coming from. The commonly used 'open source' just means 'the source is in the open'. Let's not allow organizations to hijack commonly used words.
Re:Professional video editing, right in the browser with Web...
by circuit10 on Sunday March 22, 2026 @08:04AM
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It’s not nitpicking, the term “open source” is not usually used for this kind of thing, it would be called “shared source”
I did a poll on this on a Discord server a while ago
What does open source mean
You can view the source code: 0 votes
View + use + redistribute for any purpose: 14 votes
So no, your version of it is not the common usage
Re:Professional video editing, right in the browser with Web...
by flohofwoe on Sunday March 22, 2026 @09:31AM
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Was that the OSI discord server? ;) 14 votes in a specific bubble isn't all that representative either.
Re:Professional video editing, right in the browser with Web...
by circuit10 on Sunday March 22, 2026 @03:12PM
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It's calculator programming related so I'd say not biased in any particular way other than having a lot of hobbyist techy people
Re:Professional video editing, right in the browser with Web...
by RobotToaster on Monday March 23, 2026 @06:07AM
(#47487375)
Open source has a commonly held definition, it's not nitpicking. I will not let corporations cynically hijack the definition to mean "you can look at the source" the way you suggest.
It violates point 1,5 and 6 of the open source definition https://opensource.org/osd