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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 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Nobody owns this term so who’s appropriating?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I and the OSI say otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

You claim ownership of „open source”? That’s wild. Your lawyer can speak to my lawyer, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months 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.