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this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2024
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I am not aware of any definition of closed source published by OSI.
Since it is source available, it isnt open source and therefore closed source.
Edit: we obviously have different definitions. I did not mean to argue over semantics. I would personally never trust a browser with proprietary code, even it is source available.
Fair enough. Yeah, I never thought of open and closed source as two exclusive options, but two of many.
I myself publish an application which isn't open source, but I publish the source code, as I believe my users have the right to know what runs on their computer, and have the freedom to audit, modify, and compile their own builds if they so wish. But I don't want someone to take and resell my application. I have yet to encounter someone calling my app closed source, but I can see how someone could.