The Other Kind of Open Source Languages

I am constantly delighted by the wit and wisdom of TechDirt. The latest example: a nice little meditation on the virtues of "open source" languages like English, where anyone can make up their own words, and that do not have standards bodies à l'Académie française telling people what is and isn't allowed.

It's true that French isn't exactly closed source (I believe you're allowed to write words down across the Channel), but it's a nice conceit.