• chebra
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    118 hours ago

    @peregus yes, wrong. Being “open” doesn’t mean just “readable”. Imagine an open bird cage, not just an open book. It needs to be open to fly free.

      • Lemongrab
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        311 hours ago

        That is usually referred to as “source available” and doesnt fall into the category of open source.

      • chebra
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        418 hours ago

        @peregus why do you think so? My view is backed by the two official definitions from OSI and FSF, plus the wording of specific licenses. Your definition is backed by… linguistics? While ignoring the second (open cage) meaning of “open”? Quite strange narrow definition, don’t you think? And at odds with everyone who has been doing open-source for decades.