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by hollerith 4126 days ago
>The engine is also open source

I think you mean the source code is available (i.e., anyone can download it), which is different from its coming with an open-source license, which is what most people mean by "open source".

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No, what you mean is Free Software
No, it's not Open Source either: http://opensource.org/osd
I think microsoft calls this "Shared Source"
Actually no. Microsoft branded several licenses that way, but some of them are OSI-approved and FSF-approved (while not compatible with GPL).
Then I guess we need a new name. The engine is "readable source"