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by morelisp 1172 days ago
> "open source" has a broader English meaning that predates the OSI for at least several decades.

It is also not data collected by an intelligence agency or law enforcement from public sources.

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It isn't. But those who coined it were aware of it being used for that purpose. https://opensource.com/article/18/2/coining-term-open-source...