@aral Even "open source" which is a very broadly accepted term is very ambiguous and only really says something about a project's license
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@voxpelli Indeed. Only that ‘the source is open’. Stallman’s right to hate the term. -
@aral Perhaps the differences between adjectives like "open", "free" and "indie" and the impact of their use should be documented somewhere? -
@voxpelli Yes + already on it :) Definitely not pedantry — very important distinctions.
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@aral I'm on board with anything as long as it's not "libre", it sounds soooo awkward. -
@Haiku_Oezu I know. Damn the English language when it comes to this.
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@aral What would be 'open data' then? Opening up the database directly is probably not feasible. -
@brunoscheele It would be data (and the tools for manipulating that data) that you can own. -
@aral You'd need some kind of public version control for that data as well. Manually retrieving updates would severely hamper adoption. -
@aral That's why I like the API approach. It gives you the most recent stuff from the source. A data download alongside it would be good.
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@aral Generally: "open" as a word to describe anything is hopelessly ambiguousThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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