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Obviously thay cannot stop you from misusing a term. I used to believe like you that the definition was more broad like you indicated. But the people who coin
by rileymat2 9y ago
Obviously thay cannot stop you from misusing a term. I used to believe like you that the definition was more broad like you indicated. But the people who coined it had a narrower free software defintion in mind.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software
- ryanlol 9y agoThe fight over the meaning of "Open source" was lost by OSI almost two decades ago. Here's a 2002 version of their website essentially admitting as much: https://web.archive.org/web/20021001164015/http://www.opensource.org/docs/history.php https://web.archive.org/web/20021001164015/http://www.openso... >The OSI Certified mark is OSI's way of certifying that the license under which the software is distributed conforms to the OSD; the generic term "Open Source" cannot provide that assurance, but we still encourage use of the term "Open Source" to mean conformance to the OSD.