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by nkmnz 312 days ago
> If you make a license that actually discriminates on user or use case, then it's not open source.

No true scotsman.

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I would love to hear your explanation for why you think that statement is an invocation of "no true Scotsman" of all things. Are you sure you know what that means?
Because I anticipate the following:

A: If you make a license that actually discriminates on user or use case, then it's not open source.

B: But here are n open source projects that discriminate on user or use case, e.g. everything GPL, everything with dual license, etc.

A: yeeeeeeaaaah, but those aren’t TRUE open source projects!!! A true open source project would never do that!