[pessimizer]

> PERSONALLY, I think if you don’t welcome outside contributions, it isn’t open source

It's not a question of belief. Maybe words don't mean anything anymore, but certainly legal contracts and licenses do. "Open Source" is a class of licenses approved by the OSI. There are no spirits involved.

[dkdcio]

meh…I consider an open source license distinct from an open source project. obviously legal contracts can define their own static terms; language is dynamic