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> Open source licenses vary, but the gist since the 1998 founding of OSI has generally been as follows: you can take this code and do what you want with it, but
by Doctor_Fegg 7y ago
> Open source licenses vary, but the gist since the 1998 founding of OSI has generally been as follows: you can take this code and do what you want with it, but you can't make the code proprietary, and if you use it in another project, then that project can't be proprietary either
What? No, that's not what "open source" means. Not at all. That's "copyleft" or "viral" or "sharealike", but not a universal definition of "open source".
- gpderetta 7y agoIt is not even the definition of free software. The FSF itself acknowledges that permissive licenses are still free software. (all free software licenses are open source and viceversa, the different nomenclature is only a matter of principles).