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It comes with source, and is open-source for non-commercial purposes. (It's not licensed for commercial use at all.) I'm not convinced this is so bad. Most co
by bunderbunder 15y ago
It comes with source, and is open-source for non-commercial purposes. (It's not licensed for commercial use at all.)
I'm not convinced this is so bad. Most companies who don't want to share in-house software with other companies just keep it in-house, and the world at large never hears of it. By sharing the software with academics and hobbyists, they're at least sharing it more than the default not-at-all.
- jahewson 15y agoThere is no such thing as open source for non-commercial purposes, that is not open.
- mkr-hn 15y agoThat depends on whose definition of open source you're using.
- bunderbunder 15y agoThere's only one correct definition of open source: Whichever one keeps the flamewar going.
- ghurlman 15y agoI believe it is open... just not Free.
- jahewson 15y agoIt's not open source according to "The Open Source Definition" http://www.opensource.org/osd.html http://www.opensource.org/osd.html - being able to simply view the source code is just not good enough.