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Open source means these things: http://opensource.org/osd http://opensource.org/osd "Open source doesn't just mean access to the source code. The distribution
by LukeShu 13y ago
Open source means these things: http://opensource.org/osd http://opensource.org/osd
"Open source doesn't just mean access to the source code. The distribution terms of open-source software must comply with the following criteria:"
Without being able to build and use it, the "derived works" section can't be met.
- sliverstorm 13y agoThat reads more like the GPL than a definition of what open source means. What, then, do you call code that provides the source but does not allow you free distribution of both the source & binaries? "The source is open but it's not open source"?
- wmf 13y agoUsually that's called shared source.