I don't believe the term "open source" was used much before a certain meeting in 1998 [1] when it was suggested as an alternative to "free software." Some peopl

I don't believe the term "open source" was used much before a certain meeting in 1998 [1] when it was suggested as an alternative to "free software." Some people say it predates that meeting, but I haven't seen clear evidence. Do you have examples where it was used? On the other hand, people were using licenses that are now called "open source" licenses well before that, so the practice certainly precedes the term. Also, the OSI definitions were derived from the Debian Free Software guidelines. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20021001164015/http://www.opensource.org/docs/history.php https://web.archive.org/web/20021001164015/http://www.openso...