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The developer of Rogue Legacy has officially released its source code 'in the pursuit of sharing knowledge' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] toothbrush 10 points 3 months ago

Just to clarify, licenses are free software or open source when they fit the definition of those terms, aka the 4 freedoms and whatever open source requires, but both require being able to use the software without restrictions. So this isnt open source.

[-] misk@sopuli.xyz 14 points 3 months ago

This is an opinion which is not universally shared. Even Stallman doesn’t agree with this definition.

[-] jeremyparker@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Since there’s one open source that’s more strict and one that’s more permissive, for the more strict one, we should indicate that it’s like the value of a variable: it has a specific meaning that doesn’t change. With that understanding, Rogue Legacy is open source, but Trisquel is “open source”.

(I was going to go with Tux Kart instead of Trisquel for that joke, but my heart couldn’t handle throwing shade at Tux Kart.)

Edit: I’d just like to interject for a moment. What I’m referring to as Tux Kart, is in fact, SuperTuxKart, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, Super+TuxKart

[-] toothbrush 3 points 3 months ago

Lets not do open washing here. Its not open source, as that would require it having an open source compatible license, which it does not have, see the open source definition:

https://opensource.org/osd

  1. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research.
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