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Yes it is. Open source literally means that the source is public. I think you mean CC non-commercial is not "free software".
by jexah 8y ago
Yes it is. Open source literally means that the source is public. I think you mean CC non-commercial is not "free software".
- beojan 8y agoNo, open source means the license meets the OSI definition of open source, which CC NC doesn't.
- jexah 8y agoopensource.com would beg to differ. I suppose it depends on where one gets their definition from.
- n_jd 8y agoCC NC forbids using the material for commercial purposes [1]. On 'use', opensource.com defers to the four freedoms [2], which includes the freedom to use software for whatever you like. So by opensource.com, software licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 is not open source. Also they don't mention creative commons when discussing open source licenses [5] because it doesn't make sense for code. I can see why you might think opensource.com says that open source "literally means the source is public" if you only read the first sentence in their defining article [3]. Fair enough, this is a common misunderstanding [4]. [1] - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ [2] - https://opensource.com/law/10/10/license-compliance-not-problem-open-source-users https://opensource.com/law/10/10/license-compliance-not-prob... [3] - https://opensource.com/resources/what-open-source https://opensource.com/resources/what-open-source [4] - https://www.forbes.com/sites/wenjiazhao/2012/07/06/beliefs-and-misbeliefs-on-open-source-software/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/wenjiazhao/2012/07/06/beliefs-a... [5] - https://opensource.com/law/13/1/which-open-source-software-license-should-i-use https://opensource.com/law/13/1/which-open-source-software-l...