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> There's no such thing as "open source in spirit" I guess that's down to personal opinion. I and others say there is, take a look at this article regarding th
by tommoor 6y ago
> There's no such thing as "open source in spirit"
I guess that's down to personal opinion. I and others say there is, take a look at this article regarding the license: https://itsfoss.com/making-the-business-source-license-open-source-compliant/ https://itsfoss.com/making-the-business-source-license-open-...
In the end I'm not interested in having an argument with Open Source zealots – it seems that once you make the source code of a project public there is a category of person on the internet that isn't happy until it's completely free.
- quanticle 6y agoBy that logic, Microsoft Windows is open-source, because I can view its source under the MS Reference Source License. This is the key distinction between "Source Available" and "Open Source". Open Source is open. That means I can modify the source and redistribute my changes. If I can't do that, the software is closed source, no matter how much marketing you apply to it.
- tommoor 6y agoI guess we'll agree to disagree! In the meantime I'll keep building the project and the business.