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>You can download it, inspect it, and run it... but you need a paid license to keep it running. Then it is not open source. Open source has a strict definition
by milesrout 10y ago
>You can download it, inspect it, and run it... but you need a paid license to keep it running.
Then it is not open source. Open source has a strict definition, from the OSI.
- Godel_unicode 10y agoWhy are they the arbiter of what is and isn't open source? That kind of gatekeeping seems contrary to their entire purpose.
- dredmorbius 10y agoBecause that is literally the single and only reason for their existence: to define and protect the Open Source Definition. (I'm not sure if it's still a Service Mark or not, though it was at one time.)
- schoen 10y agoAs I recall, the USPTO declined to grant the registration for the service mark, which was kind of sad for OSI, but they kept going anyway, encouraging people to refer to OSI-certified open source.