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You're the one trying to redefine open source to something it never meant.

• zb3 3y ago
  No, I just stick to the meaning of words. "Open source" was always "source is available" + conditions and there were always some people who didn't like them. The opposite is of "open source" is "closed source"
  • gkbrk 3y ago
    By that definition Windows is open source. The Linux kernel, Vim, and Microsoft Windows are all "open source" because all of them are "source is available" + conditions. Do you think this is the definition of open source that people use?
    • zb3 3y ago
      To my knowledge, Windows source code is not legally available, Microsoft didn't open source it (except for Windows 1.0 I guess)
      • gkbrk 3y ago
        You can ask them and they'll give it to you. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sharedsource/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sharedsource/