alt Hacker News> You're claiming the terms laid out in the OSD were motivated by hopes of cultivating a community
I didn’t say that. I didn’t bring up the OSD at all. In fact I was explicitly talking about a broader concept than simply license terms from my very first sentence. You were the one that started talking about the OSD.
> It only matters how "open source" is defined, and it's plainly not defined by the presence of any community.
The OSD defines criteria by which software licenses can be considered open source. It doesn’t define the movement as a whole.
>> You're claiming the terms laid out in the OSD were motivated by hopes of cultivating a community.
> I didn’t say that.
If you don't think the statement's true, then what exactly is the meaning of this passage, and what was your purpose in quoting it?
> ... and convince them to create and improve source code by participating in an engaged community.
The thesis of the post is that publishing Open Source software doesn't carry an obligation of maintaining a community. To determine if that's true, what software counts as open source is relevant information. Anything to do with the "movement" isn't.
Your original comment started with the words "Open Source is..." If there's an authoritative document specifying exactly what Open Source is, and it plainly contradicts what you say, then you're wrong.
> Open source is not merely a license choice.
> The OSD defines criteria by which software licenses can be considered open source.
These two statements are exactly contradictory.