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From Wikipedia: "The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials." I'd imagin
by fleetingthought 16y ago
From Wikipedia:
"The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials."
I'd imagine this falls in to that category. The takeaway for me is that the code is useful, regardless of the size, and they took the time to let other folks enjoy it.
- yuvadam 16y agoDon't get me wrong, I think highly of Greplin, and appreciate every line of open code. The process itself it to be highly appraised. But I've seen much larger open source patches - that are no less important - that have received much less publicity that this.
- budu3 16y agoThey might be getting a disproportional amount of publicity compared to much larger more complex projects, in your opinion, but that doesn't negate the fact that it is still open source.