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>The open source movement, from which the name derives, was about the freedom to make bespoke alterations to the software you choose to run. The open source mo
by llm_trw 2y ago
>The open source movement, from which the name derives, was about the freedom to make bespoke alterations to the software you choose to run.
The open source movement was a cash grab to make the free software movement more palatable to big corp by moving away from copy left licenses. The MIT license is perfectly open source and means that you can buy software without ever seeing its code.
- Tepix 2y agoIf you obtain open source licensed software you can pass it on legally (and freely). With some licenses you also have to provide the source code.