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"Source" can mean any source of information. The term "open source intelligence", referring to public records, goes back to the 60s.


In IT contexts it's used for source code in 99% of situations. Most people have nothing to do with the military or espionage.


it's about to be 98% and I'm fine with that

people need to re-evaluate their relationship with open source instead of as a synonym for FOSS, because it clearly doesn't mean that regardless of the colloquialism

and FOSS has an adjective and noun for a reason, its older than the colloquialism

this is just a reversion to the mean




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