henrikx@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoWhat lesser known free and open source software do you use daily to improve your life?message-squaremessage-square227fedilinkarrow-up1420file-text
arrow-up1420message-squareWhat lesser known free and open source software do you use daily to improve your life?henrikx@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square227fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaren0x0n@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoOpen source is when the source code is available. Free software is when the source is available and the license lets you exercise your 4 freedoms.
minus-squarechebra@mstdn.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months ago@n0x0n You are wrong though: https://opensource.org/osd > Introduction > Open source doesn’t just mean access to the source code. Literally the first sentence. The definition you are using is being spread by the likes of Meta and Amazon.
minus-squaren0x0n@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoTaking only a part of my post does not make sense in this context.
minus-squarechebra@mstdn.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months ago@n0x0n Providing an authoritative source which directly contradicts your statement, that does not make any sense to you? I’m sorry then.
Open source is when the source code is available.
Free software is when the source is available and the license lets you exercise your 4 freedoms.
@n0x0n You are wrong though: https://opensource.org/osd
> Introduction
> Open source doesn’t just mean access to the source code.
Literally the first sentence.
The definition you are using is being spread by the likes of Meta and Amazon.
Taking only a part of my post does not make sense in this context.
@n0x0n Providing an authoritative source which directly contradicts your statement, that does not make any sense to you? I’m sorry then.