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chrisseaton on Dec 9, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Death of an open-source business model

> Open source is a trademarked term by OSI

This is a lie. You're lying.

> "Open Source" is not and cannot become a trademark.

https://opensource.org/pressreleases/certified-open-source.p...

haihaibye on Dec 11, 2020 [–]

Well, I'm wrong but why are you so certain I was intentionally lying?

I was probably misremembering something I read on Slashdot in the 90s.

I don't think you're lying about saying I'm lying... you're just wrong (as I know my own intent)

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