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fastballyesterday at 5:14 PM3 repliesview on HN

*according to your definition of open-source


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JimDabellyesterday at 6:12 PM

No, according to the commonly accepted definition of open-source.

Whenever anybody tries to claim that a non-commercial licenses is open-source, it always gets complaints that it is not open-source. This particular word hasn’t been watered down by misuse like so many others.

There is no commonly-accepted definition of open-source that allows commercial restrictions. You do not get to make up your own meaning for words that differs from how other people use it. Open-source does not have commercial restrictions by definition.

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JoshTripletttoday at 12:59 AM

*according to the industry standard definition of Open Source

This kind of thing is how people try to shift the Overton window. No.

udev4096yesterday at 6:15 PM

"I don't know anything about open source licenses hence I must spread my ignorance everywhere"

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