The open source initiative (OSI) was the organization that originally promoted open source (as an alternative to the FSF and "free software"), along with certif

The open source initiative (OSI) was the organization that originally promoted open source (as an alternative to the FSF and "free software"), along with certifying licenses as being "open source". Perhaps it's a generational thing for those that weren't old enough or weren't paying attention in 1998 - they even tried unsuccessfully to trademark "open source" to avoid the sorts of confusions with what Atlassian (or even Splunk) have. That said I'd say the problem with the OP thread isn't even about "open source", it's about misunderstanding copyright vs. patents.