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RobotToaster | on: Professional video editing, right in the browser with WebGPU and WASM
This is absolutely not an open source license https://polyformproject.org/licenses/noncommercial/1.0.0/

It violates point 1,5 and 6 of the open source definition https://opensource.org/osd

flohofwoe | parent | next
For nitpicking like that let me do some counter-nitpicking: please write 'Open Source (OSI)', 'Open Source (TM)' or at least capitalize it as 'Open Source' so that people know where you're coming from. The commonly used 'open source' just means 'the source is in the open'. Let's not allow organizations to hijack commonly used words.
circuit10 | root | parent
It’s not nitpicking, the term “open source” is not usually used for this kind of thing, it would be called “shared source”

I did a poll on this on a Discord server a while ago

What does open source mean

You can view the source code: 0 votes

View + use + redistribute for any purpose: 14 votes

So no, your version of it is not the common usage

flohofwoe | root | parent
Was that the OSI discord server? ;) 14 votes in a specific bubble isn't all that representative either.
circuit10 | root | parent
It's calculator programming related so I'd say not biased in any particular way other than having a lot of hobbyist techy people
mohebifar | parent
You are absolutely right. I just changed the license to ELv2.
RobotToaster | root | parent | next
That isn't open source either.

As far as I know the most restrictive open source license is the AGPL, with a CLA that allows for commercial dual licensing.

bilekas | root | parent | next
ELv2 is not open source either.
guelo | root | parent
It is not OSI® Open Source Definition™ approved, but it is open source for the common use of the term.
TimeBearingDown | root | parent | next
The accepted term is "source available".

Restrictions on usage type are not commonly accepted as open source by any community that I'm aware of.

guelo | root | parent
That is according to OSI. OSI does not get to dictate the english language.
bilekas | root | parent
I don't say it to be pedantic about the term, but there are hard restrictions on usage of this tool in commercial environments.. So it's important people are aware and don't just assume it's an open source.
guelo | root | parent
Right. OSI tried to use their authority to make it seem like AWS's strip mining of the open source ecosystem was the moral high ground. HN has a lot of wishful commercial operators who side with AWS. So they use "open source" lower case as a weapon to harass the open source developers. Personally I tend to side with the developers who try to figure out a way to keep their projects viable.
throawayonthe | root | parent | next
if you want to call it open source, why not consider AGPL?
Imustaskforhelp | root | parent | next
I genuinely recommend putting something like AGPL if you wish to go towards Open Source route.