I propose the following data to be a new case:
| Fields | Data |
|---|---|
| Name | The website is open-source |
| Description | The code of website is open-source and the users can be access of code source. |
| Classification | good |
| Topic | https://edit.tosdr.org/topics/10 |
| Weight | 30 |
Thereās currently an existing case that applies to this, if I understood well: Features of the website are made available under a free software license
Nevertheless, I think your phrasing is much more clear, so perhaps we should change the current caseās title to avoid confusion.
There is a difference between free software and open-source software.
A free software or web site must be open source and respect the points of the Free Software Foundation to be considered as free (at least by the community). Whereas a website or an application can be open source without necessarily being free.
So maybe we have to make the difference between the two.
It makes sense, I support the new case proposal then!
The weight fits well too.
In which topic would it be? In the proposal it is written https://edit.tosdr.org/topics/10 although the link leads nowhere to me.
Cool!
I wanted to put it in the topic Transparency
This is not true, free software can be open source but itās not a requirement or law.
I donāt know if we are talking about the same free software. I am talking (in French) about āLibreā software and not āGratuitā software. But in the law, I donāt think that āLibreā software is described. It is described by the FSF.
But then, I think it deserves the creation of this case.
I take the liberty of reopening the subject of this box proposal.
If it is accepted, could we add a new point ?
The software code is open-source
The code of the servers is open-source
Yeah I was mistaken, I interpret āFreeā software as in Zero Costs not āFreedomā 
No bad opinions have been expressed, so the case is now on Phoenix!
https://edit.tosdr.org/cases/485
Also, Iāve updated the description of Case 171 to make clearer the difference between libre and open-source software.
Love it! Now its way more clear for non-native english speakers!
should we do the same with software:
āthe software is open-sourceā
To make the difference between free and open source. because it is especially in the case of software that people make the confusion.
I think this is a special case where āserviceā can be properly applied because ToS;DR also rates apps in some cases where the term website does not apply.
āThe service is open-sourceā
While we are at it, should we make a case that has a higher weight than this one called āThe service is FOSSā? Since open-source does not necessarily mean that everything is fully open-source
What about changing the current case āThe website is open-sourceā to āThe service is open-sourceā?
FOSS means Free and Open Source Software if Iām not mistaken, which would fall under Features of the website are made available under a free software license
Forget what I just said 
, darn acronyms.
Iāve heard āsource-availableā (source available license - Wikidata) as a term that carries no connotations of licensing (that is, software freedom) either way.
parce que ce sont principalement des logiciels qui sont open-source, mais parfois les sites web le sont (Sorry for the english people)
(because itās principally for softwares the open-source appellation, but sometimes website are that too)
After thinking about it, we should as Justin said, name this point āThe service is open-sourceā and then change āthe serviceā in the title by the thing concerned.
What do you think?
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