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1. rlili+xjo[view] [source] 2025-12-06 15:18:48
>>knacke+(OP)
Makes me wonder if decompilation could eventually become so trivial that everything would become de-facto open source.
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2. jasonj+Iwo[view] [source] 2025-12-06 17:01:00
>>rlili+xjo
It would be "source available", if anything, not "open source".

> An open-source license is a type of license for computer software and other products that allows the source code, blueprint or design to be used, modified or shared (with or without modification) under defined terms and conditions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source

Companies have been really abusing what open source means- claiming something is "open source" cause they share the code and then having a license that says you can't use any part of it in any way.

Similarly if you ever use that software or depending on where you downloaded it from, you might have agreed not to decompile or read the source code. Using that code is a gamble.

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3. DrNosf+NHo[view] [source] 2025-12-06 18:30:48
>>jasonj+Iwo
But, for example, isn't Cannonball (SEGA Outrun source port) open source?

https://github.com/djyt/cannonball

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4. jasonj+uMo[view] [source] 2025-12-06 19:06:19
>>DrNosf+NHo
No it is not. There is no license in that repository.

Relevant: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/82431

> When you make a creative work (which includes code), the work is under exclusive copyright by default. Unless you include a license that specifies otherwise, nobody else can copy, distribute, or modify your work without being at risk of take-downs, shake-downs, or litigation. Once the work has other contributors (each a copyright holder), “nobody” starts including you.

https://choosealicense.com/no-permission/

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5. seba_d+zxp[view] [source] 2025-12-07 02:36:46
>>jasonj+uMo
There is a license: https://github.com/djyt/cannonball/blob/master/docs/license....

...but it's very clearly not an open source license.

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