alt Hacker NewsLadybird going source-available is quite unfortunate, seems like Gecko is the only production-ready independent browser engine we're left with.
They may, at this point, go ahead and remove "get involved" block from their website https://ladybird.org/, since it's not possible to contribute anymore.
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MarsIronPI • today at 10:07 AM
It's not source available, source available implies some restrictions on what you can do with the source, or with any resulting binaries. This isn't a rugpull; all they're doing is closing off contributions, which has nothing to do with the license of the code.
andrewchambers • today at 10:02 AM
This is not the same as source available - you can fork it, the license didn't change.
That's not source-available, that's still open-source. Quoting Wikipedia:
> Source-available software is software released through a source code distribution model that includes arrangements where the source can be viewed, and in some cases modified, but without necessarily meeting the criteria to be called open-source.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-available_software
> Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose. Open-source software may be developed in a collaborative, public manner.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software
And as said here, SQLite was operating like this forever.