1 hour ago · Tech · 0 comments

In the last month I've found I've been hyper aware of noticing folks writing open-source everywhere I look, which feels like there's something slightly larger at play. Where I've had access and means to, I'll correct references to correctly call it either open source or Open Source as appropriate, but there's a lot out there I don't really have the time to try and correct for everyone, so here's a blog post to hopefully make more of an impact. For those that aren't aware, there are two distinct definitions of these two capitalisations: Open Source: is reserved for an Open Source Initiative approved license, namely one that follows the Open Source Definition, which is a subset of all commonly used licenses open source: is anything else. There's no intake form, shared "official" definition that folks need to follow (which can cause issues), and so can include licenses like the Elastic License 2.0 (ELv2) or the Business Source License (BUSL), as well as the Hippocratic License If this…

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