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mynameishere on Aug 17, 2007 | parent | context | favorite | on: How To Make a Funny Talk Title Without Using The W...

Wasn't the term "open source software" invented specifically to get away from the word "free" in "free software"? They (companies) recognized that there was a branding problem all along.

budu3 on Aug 17, 2007 | [–]

Yeah it's strange for a group that wanted to be more business savvy than the Free Software guys not to trademark Open Source Software.

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