"Open Source Software" isn't about source code(ryanangilly.com)

6 pointsby angillyvor 16 Jahren1 comments

"Open Source Software" isn't about source code

http://ryanangilly.com/post/1126821739/open-source-software-isnt-about-source-code

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nailervor 16 Jahren

I'd agree that community is part of it, but Open Source software already has a definition: the Open Source Definition. Windows, Pine, QMail and many other apps with source code available under various licenses and communities attached are not OSS because their licenses don't meet the OSD.