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I'm here to insist they are wrong, because people's notion of a term is not actually what that term might mean. Call me an etymological prescriptivist but OSS h
by satvikpendem 2y ago
I'm here to insist they are wrong, because people's notion of a term is not actually what that term might mean. Call me an etymological prescriptivist but OSS has a defined meaning that no amount of vibes-based hand wringing will change, it pertains to the OSI definition in my view.
And let's not forget, licenses are legal contracts, so it behooves people even more to get them correct lest they be sued.
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y agoThe terms "OSS" and "open source" do not appear in the licenses associated with them.
- satvikpendem 2y agoWhy would they be, literally? That doesn't mean anything about whether they are in the category of open source or not.