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Open source vs source-available: the licensing trap catching dev teams
Original: "It's on GitHub, so it's open source" is one of the most expensive assumptions a team can make.... # opensource # selfho
A widely shared warning in developer circles argues that assuming any project hosted on GitHub is truly open source is one of the most expensive mistakes a team can make. The post highlights the distinction between open source and merely source-available code, and points to three common license traps that can derail self-hosted deployments and devops pipelines when legal terms are ignored.
Why now: Licensing confusion around source-available software is causing real legal and cost problems for teams.
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Evidence
- "It's on GitHub, so it's open source" is one of the most expensive assumptions a team can make.... # opensource # selfhosted # licensing # devops # software # coding # development # engineering # inclusive # community Open source or source-available? 3 license traps to check… · hackaday@www.urbanmind.net · 3
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