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0xfffafaCrashtoday at 5:06 AM2 repliesview on HN

Have you considered that some people listen to text rather than read it? Do you think screen readers, non-native English speakers, or anyone else listening to these are able to reasonably differentiate between “Open Source” and “open source”?

Most readers won’t notice the difference or disregard it as meaningless and if you have to explain to everyone your position on a matter of communication it’s likely that you are the one who needs improvement with respect to your communication, not the rest of the world.


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philipwhiuktoday at 10:52 AM

> screen readers

Good screen readers will definitely pronounce capital letters differently by way of emphasis.

popalchemisttoday at 7:01 AM

Impractical as he is, he is still technically correct, and I suspect, courts would back this stance were it ever to be tried in court.