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HKayn@dormi.zone 2 months agoI’m seeing this misconception in a lot of places.
Just because something is on GitHub, doesn’t mean it’s open source. It doesn’t automatically grant permission to share either.
dan@upvote.au 2 months ago
HKayn@dormi.zone 2 months ago
Correct, you are allowed to click the “fork” button and nothing else. You’re still not allowed to download, use, modify, compile or redistribute the code in any way that doesn’t involve the “fork” button.
Grimm665@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It may not be de jure open source, but if the code is posted publicly on the internet in a way that anyone can download and modify it, it sort of becomes de facto open source (or “source available” if you prefer).
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 months ago
Please don’t muddy the water with terms like this. Something is open source if and only if it has an open source license.