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What would you call it? Source available?

croes 2y ago
Yes
tokai 2y ago
I would personally just called it a video game. Free and Open source a issue of copy right. If there's still full copyright (and there's copy right on everything published nomatter if it is explicitly claimed or not) with no license on a piece of software, it has nothing to do with open source. But source available would be the term to use if one wants to point out that the source is on github.
- meiraleal 2y ago
  Open-source game has a literal meaning.
  - tokai 2y ago
    The code is not open source. It is not an open source game. This is not open to interpretation, as there is no license given.
    - shortrounddev2 2y ago
      Why isn't it open to interpretation? Who made you king of open source software
      - franga2000 2y ago
        Terms that have an unambiguous and widely-agreed-upon definition are simply not open to interpretation. The term "open source software" is a technical term and is defined by The Open Source Definition [0], which is accepted by the overwhelming majority of experts in software engineering and software licensing. [0] https://opensource.org/osd https://opensource.org/osd
        shortrounddev2 2y ago
        The Open Source Initiative is a hypocritical organization that tried to trademark the term "Open Source" and was denied because they don't control the term and have no stewardship over it. Your interpretation is not accepted by the overwhelming majority of "experts in software engineering" (whatever that means), and I don't know of any way to quantify your claim either. What you are referring to is most likely FOSS, which is a more rigidly defined thing. Open Source, to most people, is a colloquial term that simply means that the source is available to be viewed.
- segmondy 2y ago
  semantics, "source available" is for closed software that's willing to make source available to their customers. For instance, Microsoft windows is not open source, but if you're an important enough customer, they will make the source available to you. open means there's no restricting for you to read the code.

Yes

I would personally just called it a video game. Free and Open source a issue of copy right. If there's still full copyright (and there's copy right on everything published nomatter if it is explicitly claimed or not) with no license on a piece of software, it has nothing to do with open source. But source available would be the term to use if one wants to point out that the source is on github.

meiraleal 2y ago
Open-source game has a literal meaning.
- tokai 2y ago
  The code is not open source. It is not an open source game. This is not open to interpretation, as there is no license given.
  - shortrounddev2 2y ago
    Why isn't it open to interpretation? Who made you king of open source software
    - franga2000 2y ago
      Terms that have an unambiguous and widely-agreed-upon definition are simply not open to interpretation. The term "open source software" is a technical term and is defined by The Open Source Definition [0], which is accepted by the overwhelming majority of experts in software engineering and software licensing. [0] https://opensource.org/osd https://opensource.org/osd
      - shortrounddev2 2y ago
        The Open Source Initiative is a hypocritical organization that tried to trademark the term "Open Source" and was denied because they don't control the term and have no stewardship over it. Your interpretation is not accepted by the overwhelming majority of "experts in software engineering" (whatever that means), and I don't know of any way to quantify your claim either. What you are referring to is most likely FOSS, which is a more rigidly defined thing. Open Source, to most people, is a colloquial term that simply means that the source is available to be viewed.
segmondy 2y ago
semantics, "source available" is for closed software that's willing to make source available to their customers. For instance, Microsoft windows is not open source, but if you're an important enough customer, they will make the source available to you. open means there's no restricting for you to read the code.