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The source to this web page is publicly viewable, right-click->view page source. That doesn't make it open source. It is a standard copyrighted object. Publicly
by davidjgraph 6y ago
The source to this web page is publicly viewable, right-click->view page source. That doesn't make it open source. It is a standard copyrighted object. Publicly viewable != open source.
- gambiting 6y agoI might be nitpicking, but viewing the source of this website HN does not give you the source code for Hacker News - there is plenty of other code working in the background that you can't see and which is required to make the website work. Clicking on "view page source" is more akin taking a picture of the Eiffel Tower, while "open source" would be if France posted the architectural plans in the open. But just because the plans are out in the open doesn't mean that someone doesn't hold copyright to them.