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[-] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

It basically means you can view the code, which is the literal by-the-word definition of open source. It's not the common understanding of open source, which would be free-to-use (with some minor restrictions like attribution or publishing derivatives under the same license).

[-] grue@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Only the latter definition is valid!

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