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Does that term really apply to this? You can modify and distribute the source. The only thing you can't do is sell it.
by Narishma 3y ago
Does that term really apply to this? You can modify and distribute the source. The only thing you can't do is sell it.
- Pet_Ant 3y agoYes, because the OSI doesn’t recognize it as such.
- gfosco 3y agoI don't recognize the OSI as any authority to define words.
- mannerheim 3y ago> Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose.[1][2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software
- hgs3 3y agoThe OSI once applied to the USPTO for a trademark on "open source" and was denied [1]. [1] https://opensource.org/pressreleases/certified-open-source.php https://opensource.org/pressreleases/certified-open-source.p...
- jraph 3y agoThis is fine, but you don't get to decide what people mean when they say "open source", and usually they mean this definition.