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How can I report apps that falsely claim to be open source? (lemy.lol)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

okay so who will sue them??

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I don't think anyone can sue them, unless the terms 'open source' and 'free software' are trademarked. I doubt that they are. Any party can be sued for violation of licensing terms. But these definitions aren't licenses by themselves either.