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Stretching the definition of “open source” here

• consumer451 2y ago
  How so? I believe every single line of everything is open source, aside from their server-side Discover feed algo. But in any case, the question is about the app, which is 100% MIT licensed open source code.
  • Lionga 2y ago
    So everything besides the most important part? Real "open source" would for me even imply that all data is freely accessible but this stops way, way before and should not be called open in almost any sense. Just a VC PR play.
    • yokem55 2y ago
      If you don't like the Discover feed, you are more then free to remove it from your account and add other feeds which are open source. Or don't add any feeds and just use the default "Following" feed which is just the posts of the folks who you follow and their re-posts, in flat reverse chronological order. That's it.
    • tmottabr 2y ago
      real open source does not imply any of that.. Real open source is any software with a license that obey the four freedoms.. 1 - freedom to view the source 2 - freedom to use 3 - freedom to modify 4 - freedom to distribute your modified version Bluesky use the MIT license that does comply with the freedoms above, so it is real open source.. Also, it use a open protocol as well.. so nothing is stopping you from deploying your own instance [1] and use their app to connect to it.. then you will have all your data freely accessible as you want.. [1] https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds
    • palata 2y ago
      Respectfully, I think you don't understand what "open source" means in this context. It has a very specific meaning in software. You may believe that it is not "open/publicly-available enough", and that is a totally fine opinion to have. But if you say "open source" on HN, people will understand something very different.