Re: open source or free software?
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 06:05:55PM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>
> "JSHint is open source and will always stay this way."[2]
>
> "To be honest, I'm getting tired of these not-true-open-source talks.
> Out of all things I need to do with JSHint this issue is probably the
> least important one."[3]
>
> Some people feel that the term "open source" should only be used for
> software that is also free but I feel that is something that is beyond
> anybody's control because "open" is such a generic word.
"ajar" would be a better word. Just open and no more? :)
> 2. http://www.jshint.com/about/
>
> 3. https://github.com/jshint/jshint/issues/1234#issuecomment-23185426
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