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• WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose. from Wikipedia

  The same article also talks about the difference between open source and source available:

  Although the OSI definition of “open-source software” is widely accepted, a small number of people and organizations use the term to refer to software where the source is available for viewing, but which may not legally be modified or redistributed. Such software is more often referred to as source-available, or as shared source, a term coined by Microsoft in 2001

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  • abbotsbury@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Under that strict definition, software under the GNU GPL would not be “open source” because the license stays with the code, and is not truly “for any purpose,” which is the same deal with the Epic license: you may use, study, change, and distribute the Unreal source code, but it stays under Epic’s license.

    If you are talking about the FREEDOM to fork and publish and share and whatever, then you mean Free software.

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    • heckypecky@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You are not allowed to distribute unreal source. From their FAQ:

      Unreal Engine licensees are permitted to post engine code snippets (up to 30 lines) in a public forum, but only for the purpose of discussing the content of the snippet

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      • abbotsbury@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        But the code is easily visible and you can compile it yourself. If you say “I only run software I 100% knows what it does because I can read it’s source code” then Unreal Engine fits, it’s open source.

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