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Open implies working with products from more than one vendor. But "open source" does not imply that -- it implies that you will have access to the source code,
by ubernostrum 16y ago
Open implies working with products from more than one vendor.
But "open source" does not imply that -- it implies that you will have access to the source code, and the rights to redistribute and to make/distribute derivative works.
Or, to maybe drive the point home in a different way: if, say, a game is released under an OSI-approved license, but for sake of speed contains some inline assembly, would you then claim it's not really "open" since it only runs on a single CPU architecture?