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When something is called an open-source alternative to something else, doesn't that imply that the latter isn't open-source? But Moodle is.

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I think this is more about most alternatives not being FOSS.

Exactly, most alternatives on the market right now are not FOSS so I wanted to make sure it's clear that it's an open source alternative to Moodle (which is the most known FOSS lms)

Moodle : GPL : PHP

Canvas : AGPL : Rails

D2L : Closed : C#

Blackboard : Closed : .Net?

Google Classroom : Closed : Python?

Sakai : Apache : Java

Is the linked project FOSS? Their FAQ says they'll be announcing pricing soon.

To me it seems like another business attempting to leverage the open source community to bootstrap a product before they monetize it.

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