Yes and the term "open" was coined by the marketing folks in uniforum to
describe the open interfaces and ability to see the sources (you might have
pay a license fee). Or it was not free.


Other people came later and missinterpreded the term.

Clem

On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 10:43 AM Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Feb 2020, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
>
> > I don't like your use of "open source"; it is way out of skew with
> > how it's used today.
>
> Wasn't it always *intended* to mean the same thing as "Free Software" ?
>
> (I use the phrase "freedom-compliant software" to be unambiguous, but it's
> a bit unwieldy.)
>
> -uso.
>
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