Mark Atwood on Nostr: "you are allowed to read the source code" is rather specifically not the same as ...
"you are allowed to read the source code" is rather specifically not the same as "open source". It does need a specific term. I tend to call it "source available". It's the difference between a good meal, and being allowed to read a photocopy of some of a cookbook.
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