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From what I recall, misuse of "open source" started becoming popular around the time that every dev and their dog was writing a GUI REST client with the following playbook:

1. Code up a halfway decent product.

2. Call yourself the "open source alternative to X" where X is some well-known proprietary enterprise product.

3. Once you have a community and your product has gotten stable on the backs of thousands of unpaid volunteers, pull the rug and rake in millions of those sweet, sweet enterprise dollars.