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by fourthark 2507 days ago
Apparently it has nothing to do with open source, bur open business practices and metrics.

A bit of a hijack of the word "open" but I'll be generous and say "naming is hard".

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If I have to pay money to use something, it's not open. It's a total cooption
What happened to "free as in speech, not free as in beer"?
I don't have to pay to speak either
That's true, but not what they mean by that saying. It's distinguishing between the two common usages of "free" to clarify that free and open-source software isn't about price.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_libre#%22Free_be...