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Re:Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code by chrisseaton on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @08:56AM (#29080503)
> incompatible with the OSI definition of open source

So what? Why does it matter what they think?

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Re:Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code by teddyh on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @11:04AM (#29082305)
Because they created the term itself. The term became popular because of the meaning they gave it.
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Re:Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code by zelon88 on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @09:31AM (#29080903)
It doesn't. The OSI is basically a fancy landing page that tricks people into thinking open source has a front man. Everything about the OSI comes from a pedestrian perspective. Really nothing more than an informative blog.
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