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minus-squareAWittyUsername@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoSo is Android. So is Chromium. So is React, and Flutter. So is Java. Open source doesn’t mean FOSS.
minus-squareparpol@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThese are maintained by corporations, but for every screw up, there are superior forks maintained by someone else. The best forks of android are degoogled forks. The best forks of chromium are degoogled forks.
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoOpen source does mean FOSS. It doesn’t mean community-oriented.
minus-squareAWittyUsername@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoNo it doesn’t. Different licenses dictate what you can and can’t do with open source software. Some are more restrictive than others. Open source simply means that the source code is freely available.
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIt absolutely does. Open source is not simply source-available, it means that it follows the open source definition. https://opensource.org/osd
So is Android. So is Chromium. So is React, and Flutter. So is Java.
Open source doesn’t mean FOSS.
These are maintained by corporations, but for every screw up, there are superior forks maintained by someone else.
The best forks of android are degoogled forks. The best forks of chromium are degoogled forks.
Open source does mean FOSS. It doesn’t mean community-oriented.
No it doesn’t. Different licenses dictate what you can and can’t do with open source software. Some are more restrictive than others. Open source simply means that the source code is freely available.
It absolutely does. Open source is not simply source-available, it means that it follows the open source definition. https://opensource.org/osd