This topic turned up on HN 6 weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26079067 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26079067 I agree with your position.

This topic turned up on HN 6 weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26079067 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26079067 I agree with your position. Open Source is not a meaninglessly unclear term, it is a precise term of art. It makes good sense to resist efforts to turn it into a meaningless marketing term like premium. Some people point out that the term isn't trademarked. That doesn't matter. That isn't how terms of art work.