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>I might be wrong. If not, it's not open source. It isn't "Free Software" if it doesn't allow for the four freedoms -including the right to modify and redistri
by rnd0 4y ago
>I might be wrong. If not, it's not open source.
It isn't "Free Software" if it doesn't allow for the four freedoms -including the right to modify and redistribute your modifications.
As a term, "open source" is ambiguous to almost having almost no actual meaning at all. But "Free Software" has a concrete meaning and if you can't redistribute something then it is not "Free Software".
Hope that helps.
Edit to add a citation: https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/ https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/
- kaoD 4y agoI know what free software is. I meant the checkpoint might be redistributable after you ask for it (but I doubt so). Hard to tell since you have to ask to get it, but I'm pretty sure you'll get it with a pretty restrictive license. Open Source has a clear and specific definition BTW: https://opensource.org/osd/ https://opensource.org/osd/