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Old Jun 6, 2014 | 1:44 pm
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CraigWatson
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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.
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