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Cake day: May 8th, 2026

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  • The source is open for you to look at. Depending on the license, they allow you to do things with it. Sometimes they will show you the source but you’re not allowed to do anything with it besides maybe compiling it for yourself. Sometimes they don’t even give you full source code. Sometimes they let you do whatever as long as they get credit for their part.

    Some licenses say that you can use their source code as long as you publish your own source code that used it. Linux Is like that. That is why Apple chose to go with BSD as opposed to Linux. They could remain closed source if they wanted to.

    Personally, I release everything I do with “the unlicense” which is essentially public domain.