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Re:MAME is now Free and Open Source Software by maaku on Saturday March 05, 2016 @10:09AM (#11229670)
The phrase "open source" does predate the OSD.
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Re:MAME is now Free and Open Source Software by jordigh on Saturday March 05, 2016 @10:42AM (#11229750)
No, everyone seems to believe that, but it does not. The phrase did not exist before 1998, when OSI published the OSD and Tim O'Reilly viciously promoted it:

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=open+source&ca...

http://jordi.inversethought.com/blog/5-things-we-have-forgot...

http://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-meme-hustler

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Re:MAME is now Free and Open Source Software by nailer on Saturday March 05, 2016 @03:23PM (#11230905)
That's an excellent set of references. I've posted the second one to New: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11230832
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Re:MAME is now Free and Open Source Software by maaku on Saturday March 05, 2016 @04:16PM (#11231126)
The phrase "open source" predates its use in software.
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Re:MAME is now Free and Open Source Software by Flimm on Monday March 07, 2016 @10:23AM (#11239336)
That graph from Google trends seems to contradict that point.
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