• chebra@mstdn.io
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    2 months ago

    @peregus yes, wrong. Being “open” doesn’t mean just “readable”. Imagine an open bird cage, not just an open book. It needs to be open to fly free.

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      2 months ago

      The definition of the worlds open source seems to me that the source is readable by everyone. If you mean something different like @[email protected] said, then that’s something else.

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        2 months ago

        That is usually referred to as “source available” and doesnt fall into the category of open source.

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        2 months ago

        @peregus why do you think so? My view is backed by the two official definitions from OSI and FSF, plus the wording of specific licenses. Your definition is backed by… linguistics? While ignoring the second (open cage) meaning of “open”? Quite strange narrow definition, don’t you think? And at odds with everyone who has been doing open-source for decades.