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> use an open source project that doesn't include a license. It's not open source if it doesn't include a license stating that it is.

• jacalata 11y ago
  Open source just means you can read the source. That's why the acronym FLOSS had to be invented.
  • edward 11y ago
    You are wrong. Read the Open Source Definition: https://opensource.org/osd https://opensource.org/osd
    • LoSboccacc 11y ago
      That is _one_ definition and comes from an organization with an interest in loading the term.
      • carussell 11y ago
        The OSI surely has some say in what they meant when they created the term "open source". The term didn't exist before 1998 when the people involved† with the organization you're referring to coined it. Anything else is just perverting a well-defined term. I'm not a huge OSI fan, so when I say this, it's not coming from a place of ideology. It's just historical fact. † The organization didn't exist yet, but it was founded later that month.