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open source is so ambiguous its a useless expression at this stage. At least FOSS is less problematic.
by ekianjo 2y ago
open source is so ambiguous its a useless expression at this stage. At least FOSS is less problematic.
- kzrdude 2y agohttps://opensource.org/osd https://opensource.org/osd
- ekianjo 2y agoso what? nobody cares about such definitions since you can see the expression is used to mean everything
- benterix 2y agoA few decades ago an organization was founded specifically to address statements such as this one. That's why some early Microsoft attempts at competing with OS had to be called "shared source", not "open source".
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- CamperBob2 2y agoUnfortunately they didn't do a competent job at addressing it, which would have involved trademarking the phrase. As a result, "Open Source" means whatever you, I, Meta, or anyone else wants it to mean.