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Re: New version of the Debian-java FAQ



On Tuesday 22 February 2000, at 22 h 1, the keyboard of Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho 
<gaia@iki.fi> wrote:

> I agree that "free software" is to be preferred, but your argument
> is strange.  "Open source" is a precisely defined concept (and thus
> "means nothing" is untrue),

In theory, yes. It is a trade mark, Raymond registered it, Perens wrote a 
precise definition <http://www.opensource.org/osd.html>, etc.

In practice, look for "open source" in Altavista and you'll see what I mean.



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