From a1b1072e68b2b9b136535c7ad893393d22cb6670 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Federico Culloca Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2019 11:47:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] removed verb "use" when talking about open source licenses limitation No proper open source license can limit how you can *use* software. See point 6 of the [Open Source Definition](https://opensource.org/osd) --- content/concepts/introduction/technical-faq.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/concepts/introduction/technical-faq.md b/content/concepts/introduction/technical-faq.md index c8c6825997..adb4d72095 100644 --- a/content/concepts/introduction/technical-faq.md +++ b/content/concepts/introduction/technical-faq.md @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ No, Ripple does not own or control the XRP Ledger or XRP Ledger network. Ripple does publish a reference implementation of the core XRP Ledger server ([`rippled`](https://github.com/ripple/rippled)) and employs a team of engineers who contribute to the open-source codebase. Ripple also periodically publishes precompiled binary packages of the software as a convenience. Anyone is free to [download and compile the software from source](install-rippled.html), if they prefer. -You don't need to use Ripple’s version of the XRP Ledger software to interact with the XRP Ledger. `rippled` is open-source software and Ripple grants anyone the ability to use, extend, and modify it as long as they follow the terms of the [ISC license](https://github.com/ripple/rippled/blob/develop/LICENSE). The ISC License is very permissive compared to some other open-source licenses that strictly limit how you can use, extend, and adapt the software. +You don't need to use Ripple’s version of the XRP Ledger software to interact with the XRP Ledger. `rippled` is open-source software and Ripple grants anyone the ability to use, extend, and modify it as long as they follow the terms of the [ISC license](https://github.com/ripple/rippled/blob/develop/LICENSE). The ISC License is very permissive compared to some other open-source licenses that strictly limit how you can extend, and adapt the software. #### Does Ripple offer a secure method to download their software?