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Between open source, fair source, and close source. Which one do you prefer? 🤔

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More Companies Are Opting for ‘Fair Source’ Instead of ‘Open Source’: Here’s Why

Fair Source is a new license approach trying to find a middle ground between proprietary and open-source benefits.
Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
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el_haych2024
el_haych2024
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fair source is definitely more pro-business, with it's "delayed open-sourceness" and "viewable source-code only" restrictions.
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Ԏєηυкι, 手抜き🚀🐧♏ 🔭 ⚫⚪
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since I am no developer or comnercial trader I prefer as a client of course open source. If I was not client only I might prefer different license models . Even closed source I would not exclude completely . Sharing source is bound to expectations . If I had none I see no reason to share abandoned sources.
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Thomas Traynor
Thomas Traynor
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Open source. Anything else I consider closed source.
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Martijn 🇪🇺🇳🇱
Martijn 🇪🇺🇳🇱
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Nothing fair about "Fair Source". That doesn't exist. It's just an excuse / attempt to ride the good vibes of FLOSS.

Being "open" is good marketing nowadays so companies love to climb onboard, especially if they can prevent from actually being open.

Free/Libre Open Source Software all the way.

#opensource #floss

#opensource #floss

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