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Language develops according to how people actually use it. There are two competing camps on the meaning of "open source"; I understand why there is a battle ove
by brobdingnagians 6y ago
Language develops according to how people actually use it. There are two competing camps on the meaning of "open source"; I understand why there is a battle over it on ideological grounds, but I don't think it is necessarily a mistake, more of a different side of the debate. Much like how some people are pedantic about calling them "tissues", while a large body of people know the difference but just go on calling it kleenex. Not wrong, just a different culture of usage.
- hvis 6y agoOne of the camps are members of the open source movement (developers, promoters and satisfied users) and the other comes from corporations trying to co-opt the term and its good reputation. It's not really a "everyone has a right to an opinion" type of situation. You can go on and support the dilution of the term, just remember when the software development culture has another turn to the worst, you had been a part of the problem.