drinkypoo's Journal: Well, that submission was declined in record time

I got a solid scoop on the fact that OSI members did not invent the term "Open Source Software" and Slashdot's not interested.

How could you tell it was declined?

[damn_registrars]

Mine always just fester and disappear. Did it actually tell you that it was declined? Have you tried resubmitting it to see if you might get a more favorable reception at a different time of day (when a different slashdot "editor" has control)?

Since there's no article, might as well post here

[Qzukk]

I think it's a tough call to claim that the term "open source" was *originally* invented in the 90's.

The problem is that everything and Sun's dog were "open" since the 80's. OpenLook, OpenWindows, OPENSTEP, Open Software Foundation, X/Open Group and so on. I am fairly certain that this is part of why RMS went all-in on "free software" instead of "open source", because the world already had plenty of "open" programs that were "source available". Trying to figure out when exactly the term "open" transitioned

Not that we needed more evidence ...

[dougmc]

... we already had all we needed simply from Usenet searches, and we (both you and I) have already brought them up on /. before.

More evidence, well, ... hello "backfire effect!".

Personally, I never understood why posts about people claiming to have invented the term were newsworthy in the first place -- it's just a term and not news -- especially when it supposedly happened many years ago.

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[drinkypoo]

... we already had all we needed simply from Usenet searches, and we (both you and I) have already brought them up on /. before.

And yet, that doesn't stop Bruce and his pals from continuing to make these erroneous claims.

Personally, I never understood why posts about people claiming to have invented the term were newsworthy in the first place -- it's just a term and not news -- especially when it supposedly happened many years ago.

There's only really two reasons why it would make sense. Reason #1, personal self-aggrandizement. If you're trying to set yourself up as an authority on Open Source, what better way than to convince people that you are the one who coined the term? Reason #2, which dovetails neatly with #1, is that you're planning to attempt to trademark the term, and you want some kind of credibility. Probably impossible now due to