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> Note that the licensing terms do restrict its free use to "academic research." Then it is not "open source" (violates "No Discrimination Against Fields of En
by cyphar 9y ago
> Note that the licensing terms do restrict its free use to "academic research."
Then it is not "open source" (violates "No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor") nor is it free software (violates the freedom to use for any purpose). It's proprietary -- just because the source code is available doesn't make something "open source" nor does it make it free software.
- nullc 9y agoUnfortunately, such terms are ubiquitous in operations research.