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Like it or not, "open source software" already has a well established meaning. If your license includes restrictions on use then you need to call it by an accep
by mrob 8y ago
Like it or not, "open source software" already has a well established meaning. If your license includes restrictions on use then you need to call it by an accepted name for that kind of license, e.g. "source available" or "shared source". Anything else is simply deception.
- cookiecaper 8y agoNo, you only "need" to do this if you're interested in furthering the claims of license zealots, who are more interested in furthering their personal political goals than they are in allowing computer users to get access to the source code that produced a binary blob. Making "open-source" synonymous with "freeware" is a massive poison pill that has hurt the industry substantially.