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		tremon on July 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sourcegraph is no longer open source "Source" also was a term and idea predating the first ever computer source code. Definitions can change.

eudoxus on July 5, 2023 [–]

This is a somewhat pedantic and useless comment. Of course definitions can change, but the notion of "open source" hasn't changed in any significant and notable fashion since it was first coined in the late 90s. Feel free to disprove me.

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