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What use is accessible code if you're not (legally) allowed to do anything with it? It's a bit like having an all you can eat buffet but you're not allowed to e
by worldsayshi 4y ago
What use is accessible code if you're not (legally) allowed to do anything with it? It's a bit like having an all you can eat buffet but you're not allowed to eat the food only look.
I agree that there is one upside though, there's a chance the code can be used again after collapse of civilization when we find that someone made a backup.
- ohiovr 4y agoDoes Unreal Engine make their source inspectable and modifiable?
- Grimburger 4y ago> if you're not (legally) allowed to do anything with it You mean make money from it? You're allowed to anything you can imagine for private purposes. I was specifically talking about dual non-commercial/commercial licenses above.
- LtWorf 4y ago> You're allowed to anything you can imagine for private purposes. Not legally, no.
- kiba 4y agoNon-commercial licenses are by definition not open source.
- svnpenn 4y agothats a semantic argument. "source available" is in practice the same thing as "open source", unless you are a business trying to make money off free software.
- Dalewyn 4y agoI can think of one immediate example: Auditing it. Open source means you can read the source code, which is a very powerful tool at your disposal.