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> open source only meant the open source definition by the open source initiative Some people will argue about that point and say it ain't so, but you've seen
by jarofgreen 13y ago
> open source only meant the open source definition by the open source initiative
Some people will argue about that point and say it ain't so, but you've seen what I think about that :-)
> 'access to the source code but no free license'.
I've never seen a good term for that but some big names do it - Atlassian used to do it with JIRA and Confluence (don't know if they still do). It's not a bad thing to do - it's just not Open Source.
I guess this confusion is why Richard Stallman wrote this: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.h...