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		amelius on Nov 8, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Large Corporations Aren’t Going to Save the Real L... > Of course, the OSI's Open Source Definition precludes these kinds of restrictions, so isn't "open source". One would almost think there are some large corporations behind that organization and its definitions ...

bni on Nov 8, 2020 [–]

Actually these kinds of restrictions have always made the software "non-free" all the way back since GNU. Long before any large corps got involved.

OSS inherited this and was always very clear with it also.

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