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Open Source as We Know It Is Dead (jross.me)
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[-] poVoq@slrpnk.net 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The point of Open-Source is to allow that. This is what differentiates Open-Source from Free Software and why people invented the term and founded the organisation behind it.

The Free Software side of things did improve on licensing with the AGPL.

this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2026
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