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They’re not at all on the same team. “Open source” is given away for free, to do what you want with it. Source available is not. Fundamentally they have nothing
by School-Cotton 11mo ago
They’re not at all on the same team. “Open source” is given away for free, to do what you want with it. Source available is not. Fundamentally they have nothing in common other than the fact that you are allowed to read the source code.
- jasonkester 11mo agoIndeed. One is given away for free to do whatever you want with it. The other is given away for free to do whatever you want except to be a dick. If you’re not planning to be a dick, they’re functionally identical. It’s an improvement.
- koolala 11mo ago"Source Available" is "follow whatever my rules are or I will sue you". That could include something as crazy as a license that says "be a dick and I will sue you". For normal people that can't afford legal fees or lawyers that gives "source available" a big range of abusive possibilities.