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Free software is loaded with terms. Open Source means concretely: that you can read the source. Free and Open source usually means you are free to use it in m
by dijit 4y ago
Free software is loaded with terms.
Open Source means concretely: that you can read the source.
Free and Open source usually means you are free to use it in many ways, sometimes with restrictions or agreements that contributions must be made available. This freedom is the point of contention with ElasticSearch and MongoDB.
Sorry to he pedantic, but terminology is important.
- nextaccountic 4y agoYeah, no. This is HN and free software & open source are established terms of art in programming, and Elastic is neither free software nor open source software Fortunately Elastic already has an appropriate term for it: source-available software [0], and that's the term Elastic itself uses to define its license in their FAQ [1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-available_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-available_software [1] https://www.elastic.co/pricing/faq/licensing#what-is-sspl-and-how-does-it-work https://www.elastic.co/pricing/faq/licensing#what-is-sspl-an...