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You can make publicly available any code that is fully under copyright. The reader cannot compile, modify, or redistribute it. It's called "source available".
Open Source has a specific definition that has been tested in court, which means that you are able to make modifications, transform, etc. within the confines of the license that is provided with the code.
There are two types of "free": free as in gratis (free beer) vs free as in libre (free speech). The OSS licenses very clearly dictate by which means that you are free.
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