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This is not open source(!). Edit: There's no obvious mention of open source on their website or docs (presumably because that would be legally unwise), so it's

by sevg 3y ago

This is not open source(!). Edit: There's no obvious mention of open source on their website or docs (presumably because that would be legally unwise), so it's false advertising on HN for likes. Relevant GitHub issue: https://github.com/quadratichq/quadratic/issues/824 https://github.com/quadratichq/quadratic/issues/824

davidkircos 3y ago
Quadratic's source code is openly available on Github, we will amend our language to "open access" going forward. We are far more open than any other spreadsheet, and pride ourselves on that!
- sneak 3y ago
  The term you are looking for is “source available”. Using “open” is deceptive. Your source code is not “openly available” simply because you have published it.
  - _a_a_a_ 3y ago
    Interesting; any pointers to the difference would be welcome, TIA
    - swyx 3y ago
      linked in the github issue: "Quadratic's source code is available publicly in this repo. However, we do not provide any license to use, modify, or distribute our code." so you can look at it but dont have permission to use it
    - dwb 3y ago
      This a very widely accepted one: https://opensource.org/osd/ https://opensource.org/osd/