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0 pointsaryonoco2y ago0 comments

If you put any restrictions on usage or what can be done with it (like selling), then it's absolutely not open source.

open source doesn't mean source code is there. open source has a specific definition. There is a list of acceptable open source licenses, as defined by OSI. similarly there is a list of acceptable free software licenses, as defined by FSF. Broadly, the two lists are the same. Commons Clause is definitely not open source.

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j1elo2y ago

Not sure why you're being downvoted. Even the Commons Clause itself is clear about it:

https://commonsclause.com/#faq

> Is this “Open Source”?

> No.

bityard2y ago

There exists a niche of commercial software developers who are actively attempting to water down the commonly accepted meaning of "open source" for their own gain, and I suspect they are voting you down. :(

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