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by Shamar 600 days ago
> Why does open source have to mean that you, the user, are on equal footing with where the copyright holder was before they even started? Where is that written?

It's written on the OSI page about license approval:

""" The license does not have terms that structurally put the licensor in a more favored position than any licensee. """

https://opensource.org/licenses/review-process