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0 pointsMikeb854y ago0 comments

There's plenty of closed source software where you can view the source. Open source just means the ability to modify, use and potentially redistribute according to the terms of the license.

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giantg24y ago· 3 in thread

But the quote also says it's unlicensed.

roywiggins4y ago

If there's no license, then all rights are implicitly reserved by whoever owns the copyright, probably the author, unless it was explicitly placed in the public domain.

"distributed unlicensed software (not in the public domain) is fully copyright protected, and therefore legally unusable... Examples of this are unauthorized software leaks or software projects which are placed on public software repositories like GitHub without a specified license" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_license#Software_lice...

giantg24y ago

My bad, I took it to mean fully copyleft or dedicated.

Mikeb85OP4y ago

Unlicensed is the same as closed source. It's only open source if explicitly stated.

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