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by joshmanders 2062 days ago
Your understanding is correct. Open source means nothing more than you can view the source. It's just typically open source software also comes with a license that allows you to use it free, either with MIT or similar.

OSS !== FOSS
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billyjobob 2061 days ago
You are thinking of Source-Available Software[1], not Open Source. The sets of Open Source and Free Software licenses are (almost) identical. OSS == FOSS == FLOSS == FS, etc.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-available_software

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joshmanders 2061 days ago
OSS, FOSS and FLOSS are not the same at all.
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bblough 2061 days ago
I responded to this here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24886508
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hda2 2061 days ago
Your understanding is not correct. Open source does not only mean than you can view the source. If you're not familiar with the term, look it up. Don't make things up.
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joshmanders 2061 days ago
You should talk to RMS and ask his opinion then.
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