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Comment by hyperhello

6 hours ago

I assume it's not patented or copyrighted?

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codeulike  1 hour ago

Open source software is still copyrighted, its just that the rights holders grant you a license that allows you to do certain things as long as you stick to certain conditions

usrnm  6 hours ago

But that's not what the word "open-source" means

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