In Web3, publishing smart contract code is often treated as a sign of openness. A public repository allows developers, auditors and users to inspect how a protocol is designed instead of relying entirely on marketing claims or interface-level descriptions.But “public code” and “open source” are not interchangeable terms. The Open Source Initiative states that access to source code alone is not enough. Open-source software must be distributed und…
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