JTskulk@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Title is inaccurate, it was not released as open source software, it was released as Free software. This shit’s GPL3!
JTskulk@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Title is inaccurate, it was not released as open source software, it was released as Free software. This shit’s GPL3!
EarMaster@lemmy.world 1 month ago
GPL3 might not be the most permissive license out there, but it is an open source license.
JTskulk@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Right, but then why describe it as the lesser thing?
forestbeasts@pawb.social 1 month ago
Clarity. Personally we treat “open source” and “free software” (in the FOSS sense) as synonyms, and “free software” could easily be used (by someone who doesn’t know FOSS context) for something that’s just not paid.
So saying “open source” makes it clear that it’s /actually open source/ and not just “not paid”.
JTskulk@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Say libre then.