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Recommendations for using InnerSource as a verb in a sentence (#405)
Added examples when used as verb and other examples.
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We recommend the spelling **InnerSource**.
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We encourage you to use the word as a proper noun (like “We use InnerSource in that repo”) wherever possible. We discourage the use of verb forms of the word (like “We’re inner-sourcing that repo”).
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We encourage you to use the word as a proper noun (like “We use InnerSource in that repo.”) wherever possible. We discourage the use of verb forms of the word (like “We’re InnerSourcing that repo”).
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## Full story - Why we care about the spelling
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Recommended use:
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“We use InnerSource in that repo”
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“We use InnerSource methods in that repo”
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> “We use InnerSource in that repo.”<br/>
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“We use InnerSource methods in that repo.”<br/>
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“We follow InnerSource development methods in that repo.”<br/>
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“We published the repository as InnerSource.”
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Not so good:
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“We’re InnerSourcing that repo”
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> “We’re InnerSourcing that repo.
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[opengl_1200]: https://web.archive.org/web/20180411080939/http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/ask_tim/2000/opengl_1200.html
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[foreword_AdoptingInnerSource]: https://innersourcecommons.org/assets/files/AdoptingInnerSource.pdf

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