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The licence itself is fine. Calling that licence "open source" is what's questionable. It's almost like taking a term laboriously established by others and clai

by usrusr 7y ago

The licence itself is fine. Calling that licence "open source" is what's questionable. It's almost like taking a term laboriously established by others and claiming it your own.

amelius 7y ago
The term "open source" really doesn't say anything about the license. It just says that the source is open. Which in case of vector graphics might not say much.
- prepend 7y ago
  I disagree. The open source definition includes quite a bit about the license. There’s an organization (OSI) that works on this, and has for decades. The definition is available at https://opensource.org/osd-annotated https://opensource.org/osd-annotated The ability to redistribute and change is as important, I think, as the ability to see the source.
- bryanrasmussen 7y ago
  I think you're going to run into the same thing I ran into here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20864837 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20864837 which is that the term Open Source has been taken over by opensource.org. Although I suppose you won't get as many downvotes as I did (the reason for which still eludes me)
  - usrusr 7y ago
    > “which is that the term Open Source has been taken over by opensource.org“ https://opensource.org/history https://opensource.org/history claims that the term did not really exist before those behind OSI/opensource.org started using it. While the originality of any composition of dictionary terms is debatable, I'm quite willing to accept that claim. I remember hot debates about the conceptual differences between FSF and OSI but none about prior use of the term.
- gvjddbnvdrbv 7y ago
  Open Source has a precise and well widely understood meaning that is entirely related to the license. If you use it to mean something else people will be confused. You want the word shared source maybe? Or viewable source?
- resoluteteeth 7y ago
  That is not true. "Open source" specifically implies certain rights beyond simply allowing people to view the source code (which is known as "shared source"). Many companies like Microsoft allow people to view the source code to their closed-source products under restrictive licenses, but nobody would claim that these products are "open source" as a result. "Open" doesn't just mean "viewable."

by usrusr 7y ago

The licence itself is fine. Calling that licence "open source" is what's questionable. It's almost like taking a term laboriously established by others and claiming it your own.

amelius 7y ago

The term "open source" really doesn't say anything about the license. It just says that the source is open. Which in case of vector graphics might not say much.

prepend 7y ago
I disagree. The open source definition includes quite a bit about the license. There’s an organization (OSI) that works on this, and has for decades. The definition is available at https://opensource.org/osd-annotated https://opensource.org/osd-annotated The ability to redistribute and change is as important, I think, as the ability to see the source.
bryanrasmussen 7y ago
I think you're going to run into the same thing I ran into here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20864837 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20864837 which is that the term Open Source has been taken over by opensource.org. Although I suppose you won't get as many downvotes as I did (the reason for which still eludes me)
- usrusr 7y ago
  > “which is that the term Open Source has been taken over by opensource.org“ https://opensource.org/history https://opensource.org/history claims that the term did not really exist before those behind OSI/opensource.org started using it. While the originality of any composition of dictionary terms is debatable, I'm quite willing to accept that claim. I remember hot debates about the conceptual differences between FSF and OSI but none about prior use of the term.
gvjddbnvdrbv 7y ago
Open Source has a precise and well widely understood meaning that is entirely related to the license. If you use it to mean something else people will be confused. You want the word shared source maybe? Or viewable source?
resoluteteeth 7y ago
That is not true. "Open source" specifically implies certain rights beyond simply allowing people to view the source code (which is known as "shared source"). Many companies like Microsoft allow people to view the source code to their closed-source products under restrictive licenses, but nobody would claim that these products are "open source" as a result. "Open" doesn't just mean "viewable."