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		mhitza on July 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Maestro: Netflix's Workflow Orchestrator > Indeed, this is not open-source: this is public-source. They don't really open the project to external contribution It's open source, and they don't have to accept external contributions. Terms have a well-defined meaning, please refrain from calling open source code not open source, and not open source code, open source.

sramam on July 23, 2024 [–]

You are arguing the difference between the letter and spirit of the law.

homarp on July 23, 2024 | [–]

you can fork it and continue dev in case they change their mind, it is open source.

any other 'source available' licenses would not (legally) let you do that.

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