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Is HN's official position that the definition of the term "open source" is universally agreed upon as 100% matching the OSI definition? If so that's news to me.
by anderspitman 7y ago
Is HN's official position that the definition of the term "open source" is universally agreed upon as 100% matching the OSI definition? If so that's news to me. Maybe I really am out of touch.
- dang 7y agoCertainly not. But when there's a way to take a flamewar off the table by finessing a title somehow, we do.
- anderspitman 7y agoThat's a bit of a relief. Thanks for the clarification.
- kick 7y agoIt is almost universally accepted as correct. ESR coined the term, and agrees. Bruce Perens agrees. All of Debian agrees. Red Hat agrees. The Linux Journal agreed. LWN agrees. There is no room for ambiguity, as far as I can tell. You do seem to be out of touch, on this issue at least. EDIT: Put Linux Journal in past tense, as it no longer is running.