I came across an Android app called Node.js Docs by an organisation named NextLabs.cc. Here is the app in Google Play store.
And to my surprise, t...
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There are different types of licences. The best place to know about a license is GitHub. Try to select one in empty repo.
A Software is open source when 'source' is open. If you can build another app by use of source code.
Then there is another thing FOSS: it's free open source software. The word free has lots of meaning here.
What they are doing they are providing documents of open source project: nodejs but the app itself is not. They are just showing ads... Wherever possible
To my understanding NodeJS is open-source, and these people profit on the docs and not the actual project, so from what I see here this is absolutely legal. You can profit on an open-source project, even if you don't make it, as long as:
A: You follow the license
B: You follow trademark and copyright law
This case seems like both are true.
I see. Thanks for the answer!