Arguably it is, in the sense that they didn't actually invent the term; there are many documented pre-OSI uses (including by high-profile folks like Bill Joy) saying "open source" to just mean "source available". And OSI's attempt to trademark the term was rejected.
if you don’t welcome outside contributions, it isn’t open source
That isn't even part of the OSI's definition, so what are you basing this on?
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Arguably it is, in the sense that they didn't actually invent the term; there are many documented pre-OSI uses (including by high-profile folks like Bill Joy) saying "open source" to just mean "source available". And OSI's attempt to trademark the term was rejected.
That isn't even part of the OSI's definition, so what are you basing this on?
edited my comment —- that is my personal belief/definition
I did mention there’s disagreement —- I haven’t read up on the history and whatnot myself in a while. will have to do some re-reading :)