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If it's not OSI approved then it's not open source. I hate it when companies try to dilute the open source moniker. This is "source available"
OSI as an organization did not invent the concept of Open Source software. They just appointed themselves the arbiters of the term. There are other organizations and individuals that disagree with their definition.
Most organisations and individuals that disagree with their definition are trying to sell you source available software as open source.
Cool. Somebody should let Richard Stallman know, I guess.
RMS doesn't disagree with OSI about the open source definition. He just thinks his Free Software definition is better. But RMS would most certainly not call "source available" software "open source"
Why does OSIs definition matter over any other definition?
Because the OSI has been defining and stewarding open source for 25 years. It is the de facto definition and has been recognised as such by multiple governments around the world. Anyone trying to muddy the waters is probably trying to sell you their "source available" software as open source.