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What is the meaning of close source?
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this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2025
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And with open source code, you have the right to copy and modify the code, and distribute your own copies of the original, or the modified code. Try that with closed source code and you'll get a nice C&D shortly.
Well, that vastly depends on the license it's under but yeah, that's the gist of it !