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> Could this be used as precedent if you release software and claim that it's open-source, but don't provide full source or even any source at all? Probably not
by thayne 5y ago
> Could this be used as precedent if you release software and claim that it's open-source, but don't provide full source or even any source at all? Probably not IMHO.
That would be unfortunate, because there are companies that claim their products are "open source" even though they clearly aren't. For example pritunl markets their product as open source on their website, but while the source code is available on github, it is licensed with a proprietary license that doesn't let you do basically anything with that source code.
- phendrenad2 5y agoYea there are many many companies that do this. Maybe we need a "hall of shame" to call them out. Maybe we can give out "Biggest Open Source Liar" awards.