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minus-squaredanc4498@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48arrow-down1·3 days ago but open source is always a spectrum Is it? I’ve only ever heard “open source” to refer to the source code being released. Maybe there’s a different term they meant to say other than “open source”
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·3 days agoAnd being under a permissive license. Just making the source available is called source-available.
minus-squareexu@feditown.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoPermissive license means MIT or Apache2. The GPL or AGPL are also open source but copyleft licenses.
Is it? I’ve only ever heard “open source” to refer to the source code being released.
Maybe there’s a different term they meant to say other than “open source”
And being under a permissive license. Just making the source available is called source-available.
Permissive license means MIT or Apache2. The GPL or AGPL are also open source but copyleft licenses.