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		jahewson on Aug 24, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to pay your rent with your open source project... That is not how we define open source. See: https://opensource.org/osd Openness is much more than “source available”. Open for use by others is an important part of that.

jb1991 on Aug 25, 2022 | [–]

"unlicensed open source" exists, however -- it is a real thing, referred to as open source, despite that it cannot be used legally.

i.e. https://www.synopsys.com/blogs/software-security/unlicensed-...

amrocha on Aug 24, 2022 | [–]

That's not how I've decided to define open source. Looking forward to seeing that page updated!

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