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Can you give an example of something that's neither open source nor closed source, or of something that's both open source and closed source?
by ramshorns 8y ago
Can you give an example of something that's neither open source nor closed source, or of something that's both open source and closed source?
- Spivak 8y agoGitlab EE is one. Not closed source since the source is public and freely given [1]. Not open source because the license [2] forbids use based on field of endeavor which is required in the OSD [3]. [1] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee [2] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/blob/master/LICENSE https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/blob/master/LICENSE [3] https://opensource.org/osd-annotated https://opensource.org/osd-annotated Not that Wikipedia is a source of truth but it does corroborate that at least some other people agree with this analysis [4]. [4] https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_source https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_source Edit: As for the other direction, you can't have software be Open Source and closed source simultaneously since being Open Source requires the source to be available. Or in symbols. Free Software ⊆ Open Source ⊆ source-available closed source ∪ source-available = 𝕌 closed source ∩ source-available = ∅
- gnulinux 8y agoCommons Clause is neither open source nor closed source; it is proprietary. Something cannot be both open source and closed source.