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		badsectoracula on Sept 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Adobe to acquire Figma for $20B Open Source is just a MBA friendly term for Free Software.

contravariant on Sept 15, 2022 [–]

Though can I just say that Free software is a much better term than Open Source (unless of course you only wish to say the source is publicly available).

maxhille on Sept 16, 2022 | [–]

Neither term guarantees (via legal measure) that the source is available. For that you also need copyleft.

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