3 ms·
There is, actually, a definition of "open source": https://opensource.org/osd https://opensource.org/osd, which says nothing about how bug reports should be han
by johncoltrane 7y ago
There is, actually, a definition of "open source": https://opensource.org/osd https://opensource.org/osd, which says nothing about how bug reports should be handled.
IANAL and I frankly am not interested enough to test WebKit's compliance with the OSD but I'm pretty sure handling bug reports privately is not a prerequisite.
There was a time when "free software" was about who can do what with a given code base and "open source" was merely a development methodology but the lines have been blurred. Back then, WebKit could have been considered "free software" (code available, adequate licensing), maybe, but probably not "open source" (transparency, development in the open).