Hello!
On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, Chuck Swiger wrote:
On Nov 29, did you not say:
"I'm still wondering why OpenSSH is _so_ inferior to SSH.COM's ssh2 (which is
also open-source)?"...?
Yes, I did. And no, I didn't say anything about either licensing or
OSI Open Source.
David Adam then asked "Is it really open-source?"; while you responded to
this question, your answer was misleading. The commercial version of SSH
publishes their source code, but that source code is not usable by many
people because of the restriction against commercial use. Specifically, the
answer to the question David asked is "no": the F-Secure/SSH Communications
version of SSH is not "OSI Open Source", per OSD #6.
David didn't mention OSI at all, you do.
2) We _aren't_ in @opensource.org mailing list hierarchy - it's FreeBSD
maillist, and I hope I'm free to _not_ submit anything to
opensource.org's
consideration, and just to express my opinion instead.
While you are free to have an opinion about factual issues [1], if you insist
upon expressing an opinion which contradicts the facts (ie, such as claiming
that the SSH.COM license is "open-source"), you can expect people to disagree
with you by pointing out the relevant facts.
I do insist on using the English word 'open' in it's vocabulary meaning
(open == NOT closed; you _can_ see the sources for free), and yes, it's
perfectly normal when people disagree with me ;)
As for submitting anything to the OSI mailing list: if you refrain from
claiming that a proprietary license is "open source", then have no concern.
On the other hand, the OSI board does contact sites which misuse the OSI Open
Source trademark to claim their proprietary software complies with the Open
I don't use, abuse or misuse "the OSI Open Source trademark". You just can't
restrict the use of the English word "open", "open-source" etc, can you?!
-Chuck
[1]: Oddly enough, many people think so highly of their own opinions that
they choose to ignore facts which contradict their opinions.
I think my opinion deserves expressing here, and you have no facts that
make me think otherwise. I think restricting the use of the phrase
'open-source' just to the OSI-blessed meaning looks the same as
patenting mouse doubleclick by Microsoft ;)
Sincerely, Dmitry
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