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You may prefer it, but that phrase already has a different standard meaning. Try again.
by dwheeler 6y ago
You may prefer it, but that phrase already has a different standard meaning. Try again.
- matz1 6y agostandard according to who ? OSI? I disagree with them. There is no sole absolute authority of a word meaning.
- dwheeler 6y agoAlmost everyone else, which is exactly how language is defined.
- whelming_wave 6y agoGiven the efforts of you and others in this thread, it’s apparent that it isn’t “almost everyone else”.
- dwheeler 6y agoThe US government also defines the term "open source software" as allowing any use, both in top-level executive branch policies and in law. See my lengthy post elsewhere here for the details.
- matz1 6y agoLanguage is fluid, never static.