On Tue, 29 May 2007 14:12:55 -0700 Don Armstrong wrote:
> On Tue, 29 May 2007, Francesco Poli wrote:
[...]
> > what's your definition of "proprietary software", then? Software
> > with source code kept secret?
>
> Software whose use, modification, selling, or distribution is
On Tue, 29 May 2007, Francesco Poli wrote:
> The first common meanings of the word "proprietary" seem to refer to
> the concept of property, owning, and trademark/patent/copyright.
They refer to the concept of property which is *exclusively* owned and
controlled, such that a single entity is able
On Tue, 29 May 2007 03:15:37 -0700 Don Armstrong wrote:
> On Mon, 28 May 2007, Francesco Poli wrote:
> > On Sun, 27 May 2007 14:24:21 -0700 Don Armstrong wrote:
> > > Of course, but the usage of free there is merely an extension of
> > > its actual english meaning.
> >
> > A piece of free software
On Mon, 28 May 2007, Francesco Poli wrote:
> On Sun, 27 May 2007 14:24:21 -0700 Don Armstrong wrote:
> > Of course, but the usage of free there is merely an extension of
> > its actual english meaning.
>
> A piece of free software is not "able to act at will", nor is it
> "exempt from subjection to
On Mon, 28 May 2007 22:29:27 +0100 Anthony W. Youngman wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Francesco
> Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >I still cannot see why "proprietary" should mean "with secret source
> >code": its basic common meaning is "owned by a proprietor" and does
> >not refer t
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