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Does open source need to rethink itself? (www.wired.com)

submitted 2 years ago by tommi@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I am puzzled after reading this article on #Wired. After all, what is written is not wrong, but is highly critic and makes me question the effective importance of fighting for free software or at least open source

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[–] Zach777@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Tbh people forget that open source just means that you can see the source code. It has no bearing on what you can do with it. There are plenty of projects that are open source that have very restrictive licenses otherwise.