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I don't agree. My definition of "open source" is that the source is open.
by perryizgr8 3y ago
I don't agree. My definition of "open source" is that the source is open.
- ssddanbrown 3y agoJust open to viewing? Would you consider stolen and GitHub-posted code as open source? Licenses adhering to the OSD generally ensure open viewing, open use, open modification and open distribution. Stripping that back to just viewing removes a large part of openness that "open source" has been built upon.
- MaxikCZ 3y agoLuckily to prevent everybody interpreting sounds and glyphs as they wish, we -as a civilization- agreed to adhere to certain standards of how things would be interpreted. The same way we agreed that "allow" means can but not must, we agreed what open source means. Just because you disagree doesn't mean you are in the right.
- perryizgr8 3y ago> Luckily to prevent everybody interpreting sounds and glyphs as they wish, we -as a civilization- agreed to adhere to certain standards of how things would be interpreted. Exactly. I'm for using definitions of words as they are commonly understood. The other definition relies on arbitrary conditions totally unrelated to the English meanings of the words being used.
- Kbelicius 3y ago> Exactly. I'm for using definitions of words as they are commonly understood. No you are not. Open source in the context of computing has a definition that is commonly understood. Why then are you using definition of that word that is not commonly understood?