Comment #⁨6⁩

In reply to Stormlight Stormlight

Then that is not the open source by definition.
https://opensource.org/osd

I understand what you want to say but that's "source-available" not "open source". Technically in literal sense open-source can mean that as well. But in the last 20-30 years, common meaning of open source is what I am claiming.

Basically, as Waterhole becomes more popular, more people will notice this. Heck some will even begin using it because they think it's "the open-source" not "an open-source"

Please check those two Wiki links few posts above which explain it well.

Here is the already discussed topic with the Waterhole dev.
https://www.reddit.com/r/laravel/comments/13q35as/waterhole_modern_laravelpowered_community_forum/jlcoq6j/

  1. In reply to H Hellas

    Yeah, I've seen that reddit thread before and I don't think what I've written above is incorrect. One of the commenters mentions this:

    The above commenter is mistaking Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and Open Source. You can have open source software without giving up the copyright/licensing, which is what your product is.

    and then Toby commented:

    That's what I originally thought too. It would seem it depends where you look. The official Open Source definition requires freedom. This GNU article acknowledges that it is easy to misunderstand because of the natural meaning of the words "open source".

    So I guess it's not very clearly defined as to what open source could mean.