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feb 3, 1998 - El término "Open Source" es acuñado

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The "Open Source" term was proposed by Christine Peterson at a strategy session held in Palo Alto on February 3rd, 1998—one month after Netscape's announcement. The people present included also Todd Anderson, John "maddog" Hall, Larry Augustin, Sam Ockman, Michael Tiemann, Eric Raymond.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2008/04/free-software-summit-10th/
During the following week, Bruce Perens and ESR launch www.opensource.org and apply for the `Open Source' certification mark.

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feb 3, 1998
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~ 28 years ago

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