The style we decided on was that "open source" is lowercase (but follow the normal capitalization rules for starting a sentence or using it in a header). It's hyphenated when used as an adjective.
"I like open source. Do you like open-source software?" @Jason.Cook599: Can you ensure that the changes you've made follow these conventions? Thanks! -- Open source used in many different ways https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585860 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Manual Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu Manual. Status in Ubuntu Manual: Fix Committed Bug description: Version 788 Throughout the book open source is spelled with caps, without caps and with hyphens. This needs to be consistent. It's used with capital letters (Open Source) in the following sections TOC page 5 Prologue page 8 Chapter 5, Software Management, page 114 It's lowercase (open source or Open source in the case of a new sentence) in the following sections Prologue page 8 Chapter 4, Hardware, page 101 Chapter 4, Hardware, page 102 Chapter 8, Troubleshooting, page 137 Chapter 9, Learning More, page 141 It has a hyphen open-source in the following sections Chapter 5, Software Management, page 114 (check the sidebar too) Chapter 7, Security, page 127 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual-bugs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
