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debugniktoday at 10:38 AM2 repliesview on HN

Hell no, open source is just about the licence, and source available generally refers to proprietary licenses that at least let customers access the source.

This is just the cathedral model to open source, as opposed to the bazaar you clearly prefer, but it's still open source.


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ivanjermakovtoday at 10:47 AM

By definition yes, but I believe most people consider open contribution essential for OSS.

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cromkatoday at 10:47 AM

Amen to that. Let's not redefine an already very precise terminology.