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Some of it is.
Open source is like being pregnant - you either are are you aren't. Vivaldi isn't.
This is wrong. There wouldn't be as many open source license if it was as clear cut.
There are many open source licenses. Being closed source isn't one of them.
What i'm saying is, there are many interpretations of open source.
No, there is only one definition for open source:
https://opensource.org/osd
From that organization. While having a definition against corporate is important, gatekeeping open source is an oxymoron.
edit: and i said interpretations, not definitions. One definition doesn't exclude many interpretations. See the bible for a example.
So, neither is Linux?
Depends on the distro and whether you want your wireless card to work or not
Wanna show me the free version of Vivaldi?
Here you go. Like Linux, where "everything but drivers" is open source, everything but the UI is open source.
So what is that, a build of Chromium with no Vivaldi features? What is the point exactly? I can download Chromium by itself already. I'll even get edit history, unlike the big tarball that Vivaldi gives me.