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cgfjtynzdrfhtyesterday at 12:24 PM2 repliesview on HN

It's "source available" [1], not open source [2].

Words have meaning and all that.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-available_software

2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source


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nothrabannosiryesterday at 4:18 PM

> Words have meaning and all that.

Ironic put down when “open source” consists of two words which have meaning, but somehow doesn’t mean that when combined into one phrase.

Same with free software, in a way.

Programmers really are terrible at naming things.

:)

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geokonyesterday at 1:18 PM

cant blame him. We're in a bit of a bananas situation where open source isnt the antonym of closed source

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