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by dickeytk 2580 days ago
That’s my point.
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If you look at the definitions I linked to, you'll see that they are very similar to each other and both involve a lot more than "just means you can view the code".

In fact, the very first sentence of the introduction explicitly rejects your proposed definition: "Open source doesn't just mean access to the source code."

Sure, buddy