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There's plenty of closed source software where you can view the source. Open source just means the ability to modify, use and potentially redistribute accordin
by Mikeb85 5y ago
There's plenty of closed source software where you can view the source. Open source just means the ability to modify, use and potentially redistribute according to the terms of the license.
- giantg2 5y agoBut the quote also says it's unlicensed.
- roywiggins 5y agoIf there's no license, then all rights are implicitly reserved by whoever owns the copyright, probably the author, unless it was explicitly placed in the public domain. "distributed unlicensed software (not in the public domain) is fully copyright protected, and therefore legally unusable... Examples of this are unauthorized software leaks or software projects which are placed on public software repositories like GitHub without a specified license" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_license#Software_licenses_and_copyright_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_license#Software_lice...
- giantg2 5y agoMy bad, I took it to mean fully copyleft or dedicated.
- Mikeb85 5y agoUnlicensed is the same as closed source. It's only open source if explicitly stated.