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Re:Don’t sign a CLA by yarrel on Friday October 05, 2018 @12:44PM (#18149589)
> Open-source is an adjective referring to the fact that that source code is available.

It's not. Let's not muddy the waters that this term was already introduced to further.

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Re:Don’t sign a CLA by jake_the_third on Friday October 05, 2018 @01:00PM (#18149746)
I agree. Regardless of what GP's feelings on the matter are, Open Source is a proper and well-defined term that was originally used as a way to sell open software business models to high-level execs.

I've never seen anyone advocate the term as open-but-not-free beyond those stating it to defend a point.

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