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Re:Why Wolfram tech isn’t open source (2019) by rpdillon on Saturday December 18, 2021 @03:40PM (#29608306)
I don't think that's correct. Open Source as a term was created in reaction to Free Software, which is RMS's thing. See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point....
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Re:Why Wolfram tech isn’t open source (2019) by Shikadi on Sunday December 19, 2021 @10:42AM (#29614749)
It wasn't created as a reaction to free software, it was created as a way to differentiate from free software, starting with Netscape navigator. But there's the open source initiative, which somehow I wasn't aware of: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source_Initiative
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Re:Why Wolfram tech isn’t open source (2019) by rpdillon on Sunday December 19, 2021 @01:29PM (#29616728)
> It wasn't created as a reaction to free software, it was created as a way to differentiate from free software

I wanted to correct your statement without getting into an argument. I view an attempt to differentiate as a type of reaction.

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Re:Why Wolfram tech isn’t open source (2019) by Shikadi on Monday December 20, 2021 @09:54AM (#29625526)
If I'm being pedantic saying that it was a reaction to Netscape releasing under a license that didn't jive with the FSF, then your initial comment was also pedantic :P
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