it's thoose kind of people you want to keep away from important stuff, so you know "open source" is the thing, man! ;-)
seems like someone tried to solve a problem by declaring
"open source ≈ freesoftware"
You can compile a binary by using the provided code and it gives you a binary, yes.
you modify the code, compile, sell the binary, because "they provided the code" opensours.org said "it means free software" "free as in freedom" so "I am free to do whatever I want with this software." "
That is untrue. I can open source my product for a reason, but if anyone try to sell it it's a crime. I openenly show everyone my source code, but without the right licence it's nothing. often you can't even compare it to the software running.
you can do much with free software. depending on the licence, also unfree software. but then it's no free software anymore
free software is relevant
open source is only one point and can also apply to properity software
there are provider offering this. very expensive, but you might find it reasonable if you rent bare metal servers.
free
open source ≠ free
open source ≈ source code published
it's free software
You can run a free OS pretty effortless, but when wanting 100% free software, you have to dig deeper and replace the proprietary BIOS firmware.
they pretty much all run linux ootb. Question is: What devices run without binary blobs underneath the OS?
maybe they need the parking lots, for people putting gasoline via canisters in their cars.
it's thoose kind of people you want to keep away from important stuff, so you know "open source" is the thing, man! ;-)