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Re:What’s up with these new not-open source licenses? by Thorrez on Friday March 19, 2021 @01:32AM (#26510398)
> redefined open source to mean whatever made their valuations go to the moon

Was it redefined? My impression is that it has always effectively been a synonym for free software, just not carrying the political leanings.

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Re:What’s up with these new not-open source licenses? by davidw on Friday March 19, 2021 @12:14PM (#26515089)
This is correct. 'Open Source' was a way to make it more palatable to business, but the definition was pretty much identical.
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