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"because that gives people an incorrect impression of the permissiveness of the license" How does it? "Source available is unambiguous" It's not, because it
by tcfhgj 3y ago
"because that gives people an incorrect impression of the permissiveness of the license"
How does it?
"Source available is unambiguous"
It's not, because it could be hidden behind a pay wall.
- alexvoda 3y agoIf it's behind a pay wall it's not available, it's closed. But you may call source-available software whatever you want, just not open source unless it's under and OSI-approved license. You can use any words other than the phrase "open source" to be as unambiguous as you want.
- wokwokwok 3y agoI don’t understand. If you feel it’s not explicit enough be more explicit (source is available from xxx of you login or whatever). If you want a legal opinion, get a lawyer, that’s what they do. If you just want to do what’s “normal”, take a successful project (eg. Unreal) and do what they do. It seems like a total non issue.