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Count me among them. It comes across as pretty clumsy. The book addresses the distinction between the two, at first briefly with The terms "open source softwar
by MaxBarraclough 6y ago
Count me among them. It comes across as pretty clumsy.
The book addresses the distinction between the two, at first briefly with The terms "open source software" and "free software" are essentially synonymous in this context, and later in some depth. [0] It's not as if the author is ignorant. Perhaps they felt Producing Free and Open Source Software was just too long.
[0] https://producingoss.com/en/introduction.html#free-vs-open-source https://producingoss.com/en/introduction.html#free-vs-open-s...
- smichel17 6y agoI prefer FLO, for free/libre/open, in those contexts (here: "FLO software"). https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/about/free-libre-open https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/about/free-libre-open But, I also acknowledge that "open source" is much more widely understood, so I might also choose to put it in the title of a blog post, depending on the target audience.
- TAForObvReasons 6y ago"open source" and "source available" are conflated by many companies trying to benefit from the marketing. The source code is available but the software license prohibits certain commercial use. Hard to say whether "open source" is not understood or whether it's intentional deception
- MaxBarraclough 6y ago> "open source" and "source available" are conflated by many companies trying to benefit from the marketing In my experience this is relatively rare. Whenever it happens on HackerNews the response is pretty unforgiving, as it should be, but it's not a common occurrence.