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Re: [ANN] Blacknet | IBO for BlackCoin | New code | PoS | No ICO
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krzysiekj
on 17/11/2018, 11:53:00 UTC
Hey rat4, can I suggest not to use the Jelurida license as it isn't OSD compliant? This will make Blacknet -not- open source.

It breaks rules 1 and 10

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See definition of open source here: https://opensource.org/osd/

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Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software

While it can be possibly debated whether JPL is open source or not (Jelurida claims that it is open source), it doesn’t seem to satisfy the free software definition in regard to freedom 0: “the freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose”. In particular, article 12 of the JPL says:

Quote from: JPL
[…] if you require a customized DLT Instance for internal use (i.e. a private blockchain) based on the DLT Software you must obtain permission or purchase a commercial license from the original Copyright Holder however he is not in any way obliged to grant permission or sell such a license.