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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Anyone who disagrees ought to go get their own term rather than appropriating "Open Source" and/or "Free Software".

I've heard "source available" used.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Nobody owns this term so who’s appropriating?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

You claim ownership of „open source”? That’s wild. Your lawyer can speak to my lawyer, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

"free software" very clearly means some software you can use for free (which this isn't), but "open source" very clearly means openly accessible source code, which this is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

"Free Software" very clearly means this, and "Open Source" very clearly means this.

Again, get your own terms. "Freeware" and "source available" are just sitting right there.