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We recommend the spelling **InnerSource**.

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”).
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”).

## Full story - Why we care about the spelling

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Recommended use:

“We use InnerSource in that repo”
or
“We use InnerSource methods in that repo”
> “We use InnerSource in that repo.”<br/>
“We use InnerSource methods in that repo.”<br/>
“We follow InnerSource development methods in that repo.”<br/>
“We published the repository as InnerSource.”

Not so good:

“We’re InnerSourcing that repo”
> “We’re InnerSourcing that repo.”

[opengl_1200]: https://web.archive.org/web/20180411080939/http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/ask_tim/2000/opengl_1200.html
[foreword_AdoptingInnerSource]: https://innersourcecommons.org/assets/files/AdoptingInnerSource.pdf
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