It’s not like “freedom” because open source software was a term invented only a few decades ago. Definitions that stray from this definition do so for a very ob

It’s not like “freedom” because open source software was a term invented only a few decades ago. Definitions that stray from this definition do so for a very obvious reason in every case I’ve ever seen, and that reason is profit. You can’t just take a well established term and say “well actually I don’t agree” and don’t expect to annoy people. If you don’t agree with the ideas of FLOSS then use something else and call it something else. As for your last part, the top answer of this SE question answers it nicely: https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/8367/is-the-term-open-source-a-trademark https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/8367/is-the-t...