Eli5 What stops other from copying open source projects?

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I typically se a lot of apps or websites day they are open source. I have wondered what stops someone from using the code from creating a competitor to the original? Are there different levels to open source? By this I mean do they only allow a specific amount of code to be looked at and if so, how do they delegate who sees what?

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In true open source (freeware) … Nothing stops you from doing that… That’s the principle behind it.. some of them restrict commercial use trough creative Commons license

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