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I don't recognize the OSI as any authority to define words.
by gfosco 3y ago
I don't recognize the OSI as any authority to define words.
- mannerheim 3y ago> Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose.[1][2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software
- hgs3 3y agoThe OSI once applied to the USPTO for a trademark on "open source" and was denied [1]. [1] https://opensource.org/pressreleases/certified-open-source.php https://opensource.org/pressreleases/certified-open-source.p...
- jraph 3y agoThis is fine, but you don't get to decide what people mean when they say "open source", and usually they mean this definition.