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0 pointssnvzz11mo ago0 comments

It's also not Free Software, as it also violates the Free Software definition[0].

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Tomte11mo ago

Of course. Has anyone ever found a case of a license that not one or the other?

The Free Software Definition and the Open Source Definition are structured differently, but pretty obviously map from one to another.

There's plenty of OSD licenses that don't fit the FSD, but a free software license is necessarily open source, so the opposite can't happen.

Tomte11mo ago

I’d really be interested in an example of such a license. Where is the difference in the two definitions?

No there cannot be an OSD license that violates the FSD

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0 pointssnvzz11mo ago0 comments

It's also not Free Software, as it also violates the Free Software definition[0].

Tomte11mo ago

Of course. Has anyone ever found a case of a license that not one or the other?

The Free Software Definition and the Open Source Definition are structured differently, but pretty obviously map from one to another.

There's plenty of OSD licenses that don't fit the FSD, but a free software license is necessarily open source, so the opposite can't happen.

Tomte11mo ago

I’d really be interested in an example of such a license. Where is the difference in the two definitions?

No there cannot be an OSD license that violates the FSD

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