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> We can bicker on semantics all day long, if people at large continue using "open source" to mean "the source is openly visible" ("public source"?) we can't do
by jasonlotito 2y ago
> We can bicker on semantics all day long, if people at large continue using "open source" to mean "the source is openly visible" ("public source"?) we can't do much about it, and by irately pointing the discrepancy out we only come out as pedantic† to the point of appearing as "well, ackshually..." adversarial, which ends up being entirely counterproductive.
But...
> Language evolves
No, it doesn't. It's statically optimized.
> semantics shift
Again, wrong. There are no shifting in semantics.
> context matters.
Wrong. There is no such thing as context mattering. It's all about the textual matterment.
I love statically optimized language. It lets me assumptuate whatever I want, and you just have to affirm my matterment.
Especially when we harnest with licenses. No need to be semantical there.