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License seems to be quite permissive, isn’t it? I specifically checked. Unless you mean strict copyleft.
Just to clarify, licenses are free software or open source when they fit the definition of those terms, aka the 4 freedoms and whatever open source requires, but both require being able to use the software without restrictions. So this isnt open source.
This is an opinion which is not universally shared. Even Stallman doesn’t agree with this definition.
Anyone who disagrees ought to go get their own term rather than appropriating "Open Source" and/or "Free Software".
I've heard "source available" used.
Nobody owns this term so who’s appropriating?
I and the OSI say otherwise.
You claim ownership of „open source”? That’s wild. Your lawyer can speak to my lawyer, I guess.
"free software" very clearly means some software you can use for free (which this isn't), but "open source" very clearly means openly accessible source code, which this is.
"Free Software" very clearly means this, and "Open Source" very clearly means this.
Again, get your own terms. "Freeware" and "source available" are just sitting right there.