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Adobe to acquire Figma for $20B
Open source began because Xerox neglected to update their printer drivers. It's always been a blend of idealism and pragmatics.
marcodiego
on Sept 15, 2022
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You are mixing open source and Free Software.
badsectoracula
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Open Source is just a MBA friendly term for Free Software.
contravariant
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Though can I just say that Free software is a
much
better term than Open Source (unless of course you only wish to say the source is publicly available).
maxhille
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Neither term guarantees (via legal measure) that the source is available. For that you also need copyleft.
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