Comment on MAME is now Free and Open Source SoftwareparentComments−jordigh10yNo, everyone seems to believe that, but it does not. The phrase did not exist before 1998, when OSI published the OSD and Tim O'Reilly viciously promoted it:https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=open+source&ca...http://jordi.inversethought.com/blog/5-things-we-have-forgot...http://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-meme-hustler−nailer10yThat's an excellent set of references. I've posted the second one to New: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11230832−maaku10yThe phrase "open source" predates its use in software.−Flimm10yThat graph from Google trends seems to contradict that point.
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No, everyone seems to believe that, but it does not. The phrase did not exist before 1998, when OSI published the OSD and Tim O'Reilly viciously promoted it:
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=open+source&ca...
http://jordi.inversethought.com/blog/5-things-we-have-forgot...
http://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-meme-hustler
That's an excellent set of references. I've posted the second one to New: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11230832
The phrase "open source" predates its use in software.
That graph from Google trends seems to contradict that point.