Dust Up Over “Open Source”
Enrico
The Open Source Institute (OSI) rolled its eyes and gnashed its teeth yesterday at the too liberal use of “open source.” Not that open sourcing has become too prevalent, but that the term itself is being applied to software that does not follow open source principles and practices. This appears to be a real problem. But it also strikes me, at least in part, as the kind of diktat that came down from the French Ministry of Culture in 2003 over the flagrant use of the word “email.” The French now officially call email “courriel,” a term first used in French-speaking Canada. Given that, perhaps we should call open source “le code source libre”? Or “le code accessible”?
Any takers? Pepé Le Pew?
ZDNet Article
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=5458
Open Source Institute
http://www.opensource.org/node/163
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