How to pay your rent with your open source project (2020)

Re:How to pay your rent with your open source project (2020) by _gabe_ on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @05:05PM (#32585741)

I could care less about the terminology people use, but I feel like all your examples would point to the intuitive meaning that "open source" implies.

An open door implies you can see what's behind the door, as opposed to a closed door. An open book implies you can see what's inside a book, as opposed to a closed book. Likewise, open source implies that you can see inside the source code, as opposed to closed source.

So I think the claim that it has no obvious literal meaning is a bit hyperbolic, but I get where your thinking, since most developers automatically associate "open source" with "free code".

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Re:How to pay your rent with your open source project (2020) by olddustytrail on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @05:42PM (#32586160)

Except the phrase "open door" doesn't mean that. It's a door you can walk through, not see through.

Perhaps Glass Source would be a more accurate phrase for code you can see but not touch.

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