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ssddanbrown / Open-Source-Confusion-Cases

A list of cases where open source licenses are misrepresented or where "Open Source" is used in a non-open-source-definition adhering manner.
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Statamic #58

Open ssddanbrown opened 3 weeks ago

ssddanbrown commented 3 weeks ago

https://statamic.com/

Claims to be open source in various places as described in this Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/1f1xhon/is_statamic_open_source/

The project uses a custom license which limits use, modification and redistribution: https://github.com/statamic/cms/blob/e7fffc011762b6a14e74e29c46761b201d6c0bf8/LICENSE.md

Has been raised here: https://github.com/statamic/cms/discussions/10706

Skintillion commented 2 weeks ago

https://opensource.org/osd

ssddanbrown commented 2 weeks ago

@Skintillion any context/reason to share a link to the OSD?

Skintillion commented 2 weeks ago

@ssddanbrown Yea the first item

  1. Free Redistribution The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources. The license shall not require a royalty or other fee for such sale.