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@masukomi @samebchase i don’t, personally. there’s very little difference to me between something licensed apache2, agpl-3, or mpl, as a user.

the difference between something being open source (a term with a strict definition, clearly defined by a single organization) and not-open-source is all that matters, for most usage. developers care about license details. users rarely do.

think of it this way. it’s like saying “vegan (mostly 😉)” with an explanation of why there are eggs in the product later on. with stuff like this, it’s just … a lot easier (and more polite) to use the right words up front.

i know dozens of projects/products go so far as to claim they are open source (without even a wink) these days when they’re not. “everyone else is doing it” isn’t a valid justification, either. it’s one of the few places in the english language where we actually have a clear definition like this. it’s good to use it.