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It pretty much always does.

• joshuapants 12y ago
  Microsoft in particular has a history of using "shared source" licenses that are not free.
• davexunit 12y ago
  Many companies use "open source" or simply "open" in a way that isn't compatible with the open source definition. This is known as open washing. A good, non-Microsoft example is Epic Games and Unreal Tournament 4. They talk a lot about being "open", but the source code and assets are all proprietary.
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  • nailer 12y ago
    Neither Epic (I've contributed to UE) or Microsoft assert their products are Open Source, merely 'open'.
    • davexunit 12y ago
      And they do that explicitly to confuse people. What they do isn't open, it's smoke and mirrors.
      • nailer 12y ago
        Actually I think only MS say open. Epic says free.