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Eh i dont fully agree but acknowledge there’s space to disagree. It may not be open source in the way that “its GNU-Linux not Linux”; its not copyleft or “Open Source” but it is open source-lowercase o/s. The source code is available, its accessible under a license that allows you to see it and use it in your own projects, with some restrictions — just like the other main open source licenses do, only to a different degree. There is software licensed under Creative Commons noncommercial licenses, eg, even though CC advises against it. The reasoj I’m posting it on this community though is because it’s self hostable more than it’s open sourceness or lack thereof, though.
Open source is an industry term, the code is NOT open, it's available. I can read it. I cannot use it in anything that might net some profit in the future. "open-source" is defined by the OSI here: https://opensource.org/osd/.
The scary part about this is that it kinda does. The more people use the term wrong, the more widely accepted the new definition will be - we see it happen with language all the time. I personally hate it, but I think it does highlight the importance of standing against it and ensuring people don't just accept the "new definition".
Totally fair. I'll update the OP.
To be fair to OP, they didn't say open source until their response to your comment. They just said source code released for non-profit use. You are correct, though, that this is not open source.
Your account is set as a bot account. You probably want to switch that off in your account settings.
Got it! Thanks for pointing it out to me.
Hmm. This client doesn’t seem to have that option.