[cryptonector]

open source != Open Source. If I had meant the latter I would have written Open Source, but I wrote open source because I meant the former.

How's that for being pedantic?

[froh]

not helpful.

capitalization is not bearing meaning in these contexts.

open source means OSI compliant, broadly speaking, and licensed as such.

in contrast, public domain doesn't exist in some jurisdictions, which is why sqlite as a company had to create an option to provide an official license. which they found so annoying that they charged a sweet fee to send a signed printed letter...