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Enterprises typically care about the OSI definition of Open Source to the t, only allowing exceptions like Sqlite.
by actionfromafar 2y ago
Enterprises typically care about the OSI definition of Open Source to the t, only allowing exceptions like Sqlite.
- School-Cotton 2y agosqlite is public domain, how is that not OSI approved?
- 0x_rs 2y agoPublic domain is not OSI approved. They also don't approve of CC0. It's an example of why the general, common sense definition of the term "FOSS" doesn't (and shouldn't, I believe) align with OSI's, but it doesn't matter most of the time, not to the average user or developer. https://opensource.org/blog/public-domain-is-not-open-source https://opensource.org/blog/public-domain-is-not-open-source
- School-Cotton 2y agoThat’s weird, but I guess it makes sense since public domain isn’t valid in all countries.
- darby_nine 2y agoEnterprises also do not share values with the rest of humanity, so it makes sense they would support the concept of "open source" over actually free software