You're picking a pretty fine nit on the meaning of the word 'intention.' I see your point, with the exception that you don't know what Apple's intentions are.

You're picking a pretty fine nit on the meaning of the word 'intention.' I see your point, with the exception that you don't know what Apple's intentions are. We have a few pointers, though. The fact that Chris Lattner and some on his team are interested in open-sourcing it is a good sign. Given his wording, I would even say that he intends to have a discussion about open sourcing it. We have even less evidence that Apple intends to leave Swift forever closed source — it's simply the status quo. Apple, as a corporate entity, likely has no intention either way right now. Even if it did, Apple rarely broadcasts its intentions. Swift will likely be closed source until suddenly it's not.