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0 pointsfrabcus2y ago0 comments

This was a huge thing in the 1990s - yes there is a singular definition, by the Open Source Initiative https://opensource.org/

That's a good thing, because otherwise corporations constantly try to stretch the definition and make it meaningless. Same then, same now!

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forrestthewoods2y ago

OSI has done a poor job in their mission because they’ve failed to define the spectrum of projects between “personal definition or open source” and “fully closed source”. And now everyone is using the term open source in a manner they did not sanction. Because their definition is not particularly relevant.

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