Open source and source available are not and cannot be used interchangeably. They mean two extremely different things!
Comment on Minecraft is removing code obfuscation in Java Edition
derpgon@programming.dev 5 months agoOpen-source and source-available are used interchangeably. Releasing the source does not mean the license will allow any form of redistribution or recompilation.
If you decompile the game yourself you can infinitely distribute the game as well. This is not an argument.
XM34@feddit.org 5 months ago
JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 months ago
The comment said why not go open source, not why not go source available though.
jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
No don’t look it up, just assume that you know what it means without ever seeing a definition because your brain is just better than everyone else’s.
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