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Open source means the source is open, ie downloadable. It's not that complicated, that can't just be made up to mean something else




it’s not made up (well all language is made up but I digress), you’re just being flagrantly ignorant of the terms you’re using and their history. you can easily go read up on open source vs source available and the history of the terms/licenses

it’s also fine by me if you want to have your own definition; see other comments, I don’t personally 100% agree with OSI’s definition myself


One can find leaked Windows source code on the Internet. Is it open source?



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