[antris]

I mean, you're not saying that this project is "closed source" either, right?

So what is it if not "open source" on the scale between closed and open? "Half-open source"? "Leaked source" only refers to the way the source has initially began to be distributed, not whether it's open/closed right now.

[mrob]

The middle ground is "source available", although that usually means source made available by the copyright holder under terms that don't meet the Open Source/Free Software definitions. I think just "leaked source" is the best terminology here.

[ZoomZoomZoom]

Source Available is the worst of both, unless there's a way to reproducibly build the source and check the results against the shipped product. False sense of security and no legal ways to use the code.

[antris]

Ah, found it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-available_software

I see, never heard of that term. Still wish there was a term that encompassed all software that has publically available source code. I thought "open source" was it. The literal meaning of the term aligns so beautifully with it.

[dgellow]

It’s more like someone illegally distributing a closed source program.

[paulddraper]

"Leaked source"

Like, you wouldn't call a pirated movie "free". I mean, it is, but only by violating copyright law.

[antris]

Of course I would call a pirated movie free, because that's what it is.

Free isn't a synonym for good or legal.

[grodriguez100]

“Free” is related to the concept of property, which is a legal concept.

If something is “free” that means that you can get it legally without paying.

If something is only “free” by circumventing law, then that’s theft.

[paulddraper]

Anything at the store is free too, you just have to avoid paying.

[geon]

This is definitely closed source. It is also leaked.