Been thinking a lot about what comes after “free software” & “open source.” Both terms were coined when the tech industry (& the world) was a very different place. I think we’ve outgrown them.
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Open source & free software licenses were designed to correct the power imbalance that existed 30 years ago - when large companies selling proprietary software held power over their users. “Take this software for free!” the licenses said. “Fix it yourself if something breaks.”
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Open source looked and felt more like a social movement than a strictly code or license concern. How they talk among themselves has been fluid and creative, nor is it likely to slow down. Usually the hardest part is how to keep enough of them in frame.