> By library, I mean any software that can be run by the user: shared objects, modules, servers, command line utilities, and others. By service, I mean any software which the user can't run on their own; anything which depends (usually through an API) on a service provider for its functionality.
this definition makes (open source) self-hosted services libraries too, and so i think it’s wrong and unusable. the distinction between a library and a service is clear enough and colloquial at this point that a redefinition probably obscures rather than clarifies. a library isn’t runnable (~has no binary), a service is runnable (~has a binary)
this definition makes (open source) self-hosted services libraries too, and so i think it’s wrong and unusable. the distinction between a library and a service is clear enough and colloquial at this point that a redefinition probably obscures rather than clarifies. a library isn’t runnable (~has no binary), a service is runnable (~has a binary)