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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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