From what I recall, misuse of "open source" started becoming popular around the time that every dev and their dog was writing a GUI REST client with the following playbook:
1. Code up a halfway decent product.
2. Call yourself the "open source alternative to X" where X is some well-known proprietary enterprise product.
3. Once you have a community and your product has gotten stable on the backs of thousands of unpaid volunteers, pull the rug and rake in millions of those sweet, sweet enterprise dollars.
1. Code up a halfway decent product.
2. Call yourself the "open source alternative to X" where X is some well-known proprietary enterprise product.
3. Once you have a community and your product has gotten stable on the backs of thousands of unpaid volunteers, pull the rug and rake in millions of those sweet, sweet enterprise dollars.