Comment on Gumroad’s license wouldn’t meet the widely regarded definition of open sourceparentComments−neilv1yThe term "open source" was coined for a specific meaning, and codified.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_sourceDestroying the meaning of words is an activity for Orwellian villains.−evanelias1yAlthough OSI claims that they coined the term, there's irrefutable proof that the term was already in-use well before that. Originally, "open source" just meant "source available": https://dieter.plaetinck.be/posts/open-source-undefined-part...−byyll1yI coined it today to mean something else. There is no reason to take someone's meaning of a word for gospel.
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The term "open source" was coined for a specific meaning, and codified.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source
Destroying the meaning of words is an activity for Orwellian villains.
Although OSI claims that they coined the term, there's irrefutable proof that the term was already in-use well before that. Originally, "open source" just meant "source available": https://dieter.plaetinck.be/posts/open-source-undefined-part...
I coined it today to mean something else. There is no reason to take someone's meaning of a word for gospel.