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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by dwheeler on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @08:15AM (#23233971)
You may prefer it, but that phrase already has a different standard meaning. Try again.
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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by matz1 on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @10:34AM (#23235298)
standard according to who ? OSI? I disagree with them. There is no sole absolute authority of a word meaning.
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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by dwheeler on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @11:10AM (#23235684)
Almost everyone else, which is exactly how language is defined.
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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by whelming_wave on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @12:05PM (#23236391)
Given the efforts of you and others in this thread, it’s apparent that it isn’t “almost everyone else”.
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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by dwheeler on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @12:06AM (#23243192)
The US government also defines the term "open source software" as allowing any use, both in top-level executive branch policies and in law. See my lengthy post elsewhere here for the details.
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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by matz1 on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @01:44PM (#23237796)
Language is fluid, never static.
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