• folkrav
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    12 months ago

    I’ll be that guy pointing out at semantics - “open-source”, in the widely used OSI definition of the term is actually equal to free (as in freedom). It’s why open-source advocates go so hard at saying “this is not open-source” when companies just dumps their source code somewhere and dubs themselves open-source for it.

    • Refurbished Refurbisher
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      32 months ago

      The difference between “open source” and “free software” isn’t a definitional one, but a philosophical one.

      • folkrav
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        12 months ago

        Fair enough. I know the FSF likes to make the distinction.