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> Open source really does mean that you just have all the code to rebuild the thing from scratch under the right sort of license. Open source doesn't mean anything else, like having access to design decisions.

Open source means you have access to the source in the preferred form for making modifications (and not e.g. dumps of generated code). IMO that should include any design documents that the original maintainers would consult when making modifications themselves.



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