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Re:What’s up with these new not-open source licenses? by cmeacham98 on Thursday March 18, 2021 @04:44PM (#26507350)
Unfortunately the word "free" has a dual meaning between "with no/few limitations" and "zero cost". Sometimes, people use the latter definition - using context clues to determine which version of the word is in use is needed similar to other English words with dual meanings.
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Re:What’s up with these new not-open source licenses? by kube-system on Thursday March 18, 2021 @04:47PM (#26507365)
So does "open" and "open-source" which both predate their use for software.
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Re:What’s up with these new not-open source licenses? by pessimizer on Thursday March 18, 2021 @06:18PM (#26508118)
So does "Windows," "Apple" or "Facebook."
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Re:What’s up with these new not-open source licenses? by kube-system on Thursday March 18, 2021 @06:40PM (#26508302)
Yes, and those are all proper nouns as far as the English language is concerned and registered trademarks as far as their use in trade is concerned.
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