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5th Anniversary of Open Source

Augustus De Morgan writes "Five years ago today a brainstorming session in Palo Alto led to the adoption and promotion of the "open source" label. (You can find references to the label much earlier, however.) For some, it was a dark divergence from the free software movement; for others, the beginning of the adoption of key software principles into mainstream. Here's a growing set of resources and stories about the history of free and open source software, and a lament about the decline of altruism in the open source community."

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  1. Re:Does this mean... by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Only if you're willing to puke afterwards so that others can take a look at it and it remains "free as in cake".