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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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