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What are you talking about? You can fork the code and go nuts. There's an open source license attached to the code. It's the definition of free and open source
by optymizer 3y ago
What are you talking about? You can fork the code and go nuts. There's an open source license attached to the code. It's the definition of free and open source code. Jesus we're getting into demented territory here.
- jonathankoren 3y agoThere’s a big difference between theory and practice though. If there’s not actually a community of developers, then the project dies. We’ve all seen fauxpen source projects close up shop immediately after their corporate developer deems them useless. Or better yet, actively reject all external contributions.
- surgical_fire 3y agoCan people still fork the project and move it forward? If they can do it, it's OSS through and through. If the company decides to withdraw support and the project dies, it's not the fault of the company. The community was just not interested in embracing it.
- optymizer 3y agoThe [GNU] Free Software Definition The free software definition presents the criteria for whether a particular software program qualifies as free software. A program is free software if the program's users have the four essential freedoms: * The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0). * The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this. * The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others (freedom 2) * The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html