Re: Open-Source Reference Tracking Software

From: Mike Taylor <mike_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 18:29:07 +0100
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On 2 August 2011 17:48, Nathan Tallman <ntallman_at_gmail.com> > P.S.
Off-topic, but what do you prefer "open source" or "open-source". I'm
> not sure which is most correct.

Use open-source (with a hyphen) when it's functioning a compound
adjective modifying a noun, as in "we prefer to use open-source
software"; but not when it's a noun phrase standing alone, as in "we
prefer our software to have open source".
Received on Tue Aug 02 2011 - 13:31:15 EDT