Open-Source-Confusion-Cases
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A list of cases where open source licenses are misrepresented or where "Open Source" is used in a non-open-source-definition adhering manner.
- Project: https://github.com/hargata/lubelog - Discussion: `https://github.com/hargata/lubelog/discussions/516` - License: Funky tweaked MIT license preventing specific audiences Have responded with positive intention, although on hiatus currently. One to watch for hopefully a...
https://akaunting.com/ Describe themselves as open source all over their website. Switched from GPLv3 in October 2023: https://github.com/akaunting/akaunting/commit/f15f8c68d812aa58a443e3c8c886a858dd588819 Can't see any former use of CLA on PRs, so their right to...
Came across and queried on Reddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/1c2fg21/comment/kz9whlw/ - Relies on commercial-license code in open source product - Advertises as "100% open source" while also open-core. - Misrepresentation of AGPL...
TCExam
Here on github and at tcexam.org . They add additional terms to the AGPL license which is not allowed under the license and charge for a commercial license. The FSF...
Specifically [this repo](https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE). Most of the repo is covered under MIT, but according [to their license](https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE/blob/3432f355b0e31637a766f2c81f0d0dcbb1967345/LICENSE#L5) the `packages/backend/server` path is under [a different license](https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE/blob/3432f355b0e31637a766f2c81f0d0dcbb1967345/packages/backend/server/LICENSE). This license is no open source,...
Repo: https://github.com/AnswerOverflow/AnswerOverflow Website: https://www.answeroverflow.com/ Licensed under FSL, advertising as open source on their website. Don't think it's something left there, author has been [continuing to call it open source](https://twitter.com/RhysSullivan/status/1750566273262788913) after...
Skiff
As reported by @illiliti. For the [Skiff project](https://github.com/skiff-org/skiff-apps). Advertise as open source in many places ([homepage](https://skiff.com/), [open source page](https://skiff.com/open-source), [blog](https://skiff.com/blog/open-source)). Licensed mostly as `CC BY-NC-SA` (Preventing commercial use-cases). - [Original...
**Source:** Raivo OTP is a 2FA app that claims to be open-source with a MIT-like license, but redistribution in binary form is not allowed. An issue was raised in 2022...
They're publishing under the AGPLv3, but seem to propagate misinformation regarding that license, appearing to do so in defensively, possibly in the interest of their business offerings. Misinformation can be...
QuestPDF
Project: https://www.questpdf.com/ License: [Proprietary](https://github.com/QuestPDF/QuestPDF/blob/ae107fb62ba2e4d0176e1c576447a513c79af9e7/LICENSE.md) Open-source claim: [front page](https://www.questpdf.com/), [description, README, documentation](https://github.com/QuestPDF/QuestPDF) Discussion: `https://github.com/QuestPDF/QuestPDF/issues/627`
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A list of cases where open source licenses are misrepresented or where "Open Source" is used in a non-open-source-definition adhering manner.