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Comment by simonw

3 hours ago

I use the term "janky" for any time someone releases something under a supposedly open source license that doesn't comply with the OSI definition.

"Modified MIT" is the perfect example of that.

I'm not saying it's unreasonable, or that you can't release under such a license - it's your software, use whatever license you like!

I'll call it "janky" when you do.

So it's more like your personal definition, not the normal meaning of the word. Ok, because "janky" is informal slang also meaning poor quality, unreliable etc. I understand that you're using janky as shorthand for not OSI compliant. I just think that can blur two separate issues: whether a license qualifies as open source under the OSI definition, and whether the license itself is unreasonable/badly designed.