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Why do you say they screwed up? OSI definition is pretty clear. I think the naming is a challenge because in English "open" gives the impression that the key p
by andy99 3y ago
Why do you say they screwed up? OSI definition is pretty clear.
I think the naming is a challenge because in English "open" gives the impression that the key point is that you can see it, as opposed to anything about freedom. Is that what you mean?
I have heard it said that open source is sort of a "commercial friendly" version of free software that de-emphasizes user freedom. I think some groups push for that (like Meta is trying to redefine what open source means wrt AI weights). But the OSI defined freedoms basically match what FSF pushes.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> Why do you say they screwed up? OSI definition is pretty clear They didn't screw up, they screwed the pooch on open source != source available. The Open Group's members--from IBM to Huawei [1]--started calling the latter open source, which set a precedent that's stuck. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Open_Group#Member_Forums_and_Consortia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Open_Group#Member_Forums_a...