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Yeah, it seems like he doesn't understand the basics of the law in this area which makes the Somalia analogy pretty ignorant. To expand on what you said: the t
by calpaterson 10y ago
Yeah, it seems like he doesn't understand the basics of the law in this area which makes the Somalia analogy pretty ignorant.
To expand on what you said: the term open source has a specific meaning and it doesn't mean "the source is available". From Wikipedia:
> "Open-source software (OSS) is computer software with its source code made available with a license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose."
Once upon a time most of the JDK had the source available - with all rights reserved. It was emphatically not OSS.
- mbreese 10y agoEven though that is the predominant interpretation of "open source" in the tech community, I think one could argue that the term "open source" has no legal meaning (outside of a license agreement, that is). So for the purposes of this argument (code w/o a license), the term is meaningless.