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by mynameislegion 3549 days ago
NC licenses aren't considered "Open Source":

http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd
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dom96 3549 days ago
Interesting, but then what do you call something who's source is available to be viewed?
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cyphar 3549 days ago
I'd call it proprietary. It's closer to free software, but it's not all the way there.
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dsr_ 3549 days ago
"Source-viewable"
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mynameislegion 3549 days ago
I call that source code publication or public source code.
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type0 3549 days ago
Then this company - Sceptive is kinda Deceptive. It says on their web page: "Or clone Open Source implementation from Github"
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