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> Is it Open Source?

> Datomic binaries are provided under the Apache 2 license which grants all the same rights to a work delivered in object form.

So... no?

(I say that, but "Datomic binaries" presumably refers to compiled JVM class files; and JVM bytecode is notoriously easy to decompile back to legible source code, with almost all identifiers intact. Would Apache-licensing a binary, imply that you have the right to decompile it, publish an Apache-licensed source-code repo of said decompilation, and then run your own FOSS project off of that?)



It had to be simple yes/no question, but they haven't managed with this :D




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