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submitted 4 months ago by astro_ray@lemdro.id to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

I am very new to linux and all the open source stuff (my first post on lemmy actually) so I don't get how this stuff works but flathub is saying that floorp is proprietary. But after a quick google search it says that floorp is open source licensed under MPL 2.0

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[-] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Technically, isn't this a different thing? Genuinely asking.

There could be a license that forbids use (sort of like the CC no commercial use license) but still allows the code to be reviewed publicly, no?

[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Some call that “source available” and not open source.

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