Oddbean new post about login | logout That’s a new trick! Call it source and put restrictive licenses and don’t allow outside contributions 😁
* call it open source
Exactly. Even if they have good intent and just want to “own” their project, it’s going to look dishonest and make users angry.
Yeap.
To be fair, accepting contributions from outside folks requires a well-designed legal framework. Otherwise it's a legal mess. It could be that they just don't have it in place for folks outside the company.
Then it’s not open source
Sure.
It might be open source, just not free software
SQLite is open source, right….? It also does not accept contributions also. Open source defined by the Open Source Initiative does not include the right to force maintainers to accept your contribution. That’s called “open contribution”
Ok, try to reproduce this 😄 note1wlfzc37cvnmxthah6jyflpl0l5mqg703uz60gn8f0v20n5gtfurqa5as00
Yeah, not claiming it’s open source, but also open source does not mean contributions need to be accepted
Sir! If your product is 90%+ closed and you can’t do with it anything, I guess you shouldn’t call it open at all! OPEN miss used as fuck right now! If you have open source then take bitcoin example! Don’t confuse people with your corporate fiat mindset to attract and sell your shit!
Definitely not a new trick, Apple has had Public Source for decades. I was going to suggest forking it and building it yourself, but there's a proprietary library for the fingerprint reader. 🤔 Maybe Blocks can at least reproduce the build, though I'm not sure how reassuring it would be if there were a 3rd party blob.
This is what you meant ? https://m.primal.net/JykX.jpg
Yeah, a fork wouldn't be able to build and flash new firmware.
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