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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] Wilzax 138 points 8 months ago (4 children)

It's open standard, not open source

[–] [email protected] 53 points 8 months ago (1 children)

but we need to trust them that the standard is actually implemented

[–] Wilzax 46 points 8 months ago

Yep. Which is why FOSS development and support of FOSS developers is so important

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago

The definition of words are indeed, critical 👍

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Too many people misunderstand open source and free to use.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

So can I write my own implementation and talk to other people via rcs? If not, then I don't think it deserves being called an open standard