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Comment by fastball

2 months ago

2+2 is a mathematical concept. Definitions do not need to be agreed upon beyond fundamental axioms.

The same is not true for "open source", which is a purely linguistic construct.

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whimblepop  2 months ago

What the symbol "2" refers to is a matter of convention, just like with any ordinary word.

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