Originally Posted by
gfunkdave
TrueCrypt is open source - isn't it?
Not quite:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueCry...d_source_model
TL;DR - TrueCrypt License != Open Source
Originally Posted by Wikipedia
According to current OSI president Simon Phipps:
...it is not at all appropriate for TrueCrypt to describe itself as "open source." This use of the term "open source" to describe something under a license that's not only unapproved by OSI but known to be subject to issues is unacceptable.