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Oh, thanks. OSI has been around much longer than I expected. This post[0] dives into who coined the term (spoiler: it predates OSI by a long, long time), but i
by tobyjsullivan 3y ago
Oh, thanks. OSI has been around much longer than I expected.
This post[0] dives into who coined the term (spoiler: it predates OSI by a long, long time), but it’s reasonable that OSI popularized it alongside their specific definition.
[0] https://lunduke.substack.com/p/who-really-coined-the-term-open-source https://lunduke.substack.com/p/who-really-coined-the-term-op...
IMHO, to the extent that their goal was to find a less confusing term than “free”, I’d say they’ve failed.