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The developer of Rogue Legacy has officially released its source code 'in the pursuit of sharing knowledge' (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 1 month ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/opensource@programming.dev

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[–] toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago (13 children)

Just to clarify, licenses are free software or open source when they fit the definition of those terms, aka the 4 freedoms and whatever open source requires, but both require being able to use the software without restrictions. So this isnt open source.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 month ago (12 children)

This is an opinion which is not universally shared. Even Stallman doesn’t agree with this definition.

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Anyone who disagrees ought to go get their own term rather than appropriating "Open Source" and/or "Free Software".

I've heard "source available" used.

[–] Kacarott@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"free software" very clearly means some software you can use for free (which this isn't), but "open source" very clearly means openly accessible source code, which this is.

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

"Free Software" very clearly means this, and "Open Source" very clearly means this.

Again, get your own terms. "Freeware" and "source available" are just sitting right there.

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