3 ms·
Definitions do change, but this one hasn’t. 99% of people I see using the term “open source” in the present day are using it to mean software that you can freel
by School-Cotton 2y ago
Definitions do change, but this one hasn’t. 99% of people I see using the term “open source” in the present day are using it to mean software that you can freely modify and redistribute. For proprietary software with publicly readable source code, the term “source available” is used instead.
- mvdtnz 2y agoWhere are you getting that 99% from?
- School-Cotton 2y agoPersonal experience? I have never seen any notable case of a software project describing itself as “open source” that wasn’t also free software. Companies that want to publish their source code but not give you the right to use it however you want, e.g. Cockroach or (my former employer) Materialize, are described as “source-available” instead.
- bmacho 2y agoMy personal experience is 100%-0%. I've yet to see a project that uses "open source" as a synonym for FOSS or OSI. There are a lot of projects out there that use "open source" meaning "open source". HN comment section is always in outrage.
- School-Cotton 2y agoShare some examples?
- bmacho 2y ago[flagged]
- djur 2y agoWhat popular source-available, non-OSD software is commonly referred to as "open source"?
- greyface- 2y agoSQLite
- djur 2y agoWhich elements of the Open Source Definition does SQLite fail to meet?
- greyface- 2y agoThe prohibition on using it for evil[1] violates guidelines #5 and #6. And more generally, OSI argues[2] that "public domain" != "open source". [1]: https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/master/LICENSE.md https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/master/LICENSE.md [2]: https://opensource.org/blog/public-domain-is-not-open-source https://opensource.org/blog/public-domain-is-not-open-source
- xorcist 2y agoBoth of these sources contradict your somewhat bizarre thesis that sqlite, one of the most commonly used free software in the world, somehow is not open source.
- greyface- 2y agoI think you misunderstand my thesis. SQLite is open source, despite the fact that it fails to meet OSI's somewhat bizarre definition of "open source".
- xorcist 2y agoYou are using your own definitions of the term and you will find that no one else agrees with that. This is a silly game and there is nothing to be gained from playing it, for anyone.