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		Let’s not be pedantic about “Open Source” (arp242.net)
		2 points by zdw on July 20, 2020 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

verdverm on July 20, 2020 [–]

The better way to describe the difference is "permissioned" versus "permissionless" licenses.

I believe many people associate "true" OSS with the permissionless variety. The permissioned variety is less open source by popular sentiments.

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