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by nof 3807 days ago
How on earth does this constitutes as open source? So if I write out my research results to the public, it is considered open source? What is the source? The text is not a compiled version of some previous text. And if it where (LaTeX) the underlying idea is still present in the "compiled" version. No saying I don't like his ideas, but there's beside the point.

When open source becomes a layman term for productivity and do "like all the cool guys in the bay", rather than one of ethics and critical reflection on contemporary ideologies underlying technological developments and their affects on society and the world as a whole.

BTW: this comment is open source...

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There is a precedent for open source data sets being called open source[1]. I've heard it before and I don't have a problem calling it that.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_science_data