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Cake day: June 16th, 2023

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  • This license provides full access to the source code, encourages public auditing and community collaboration, and imposes copyleft rules. However, because it includes a restriction on replicating the core purpose of the Product, it does not meet the Open Source Definition (OSD) by the Open Source Initiative (OSI), anyway, the point 6b ensures the license will eventually convert to an OSI-approved license.

    FPAL is best described as a source-available, copyleft, and business-protective license.

    Honestly, if any distro included this, it would be an instant red flag.