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kube-system on March 18, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: What’s up with these new not-open source licenses?

So does "open" and "open-source" which both predate their use for software.

pessimizer on March 18, 2021 [–]

So does "Windows," "Apple" or "Facebook."

kube-system on March 18, 2021 | [–]

Yes, and those are all proper nouns as far as the English language is concerned and registered trademarks as far as their use in trade is concerned.

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