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Your understanding is correct. Open source means nothing more than you can view the source. It's just typically open source software also comes with a license t
by joshmanders 6y ago
Your understanding is correct. Open source means nothing more than you can view the source. It's just typically open source software also comes with a license that allows you to use it free, either with MIT or similar.
OSS !== FOSS
- billyjobob 6y agoYou are thinking of Source-Available Software[1], not Open Source. The sets of Open Source and Free Software licenses are (almost) identical. OSS == FOSS == FLOSS == FS, etc. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-available_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-available_software
- joshmanders 6y agoOSS, FOSS and FLOSS are not the same at all.
- hda2 6y agoYour understanding is not correct. Open source does not only mean than you can view the source. If you're not familiar with the term, look it up. Don't make things up.
- joshmanders 6y agoYou should talk to RMS and ask his opinion then.
- bblough 6y agoI responded to this here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24886508 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24886508