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> Is a video open source if you're given the permissions to edit it? To distribute it? Given the files to generate it?

If you're given the source material and project files to continue editing where the original editors finished, and you're granted the rights to re-distribute - Yes, that would be open source[1].

Much like we have "open source hardware" where the "source" consists of original schematics, PCB layouts, BOM, etc. [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_film

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_hardware



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