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----------------------------------------------------------- From: Mrinal Message 2 in Discussion Hi , You are on a MS group , so i will try to give you definition of Open source technologies , from different perspective : From MS - One of the most contentious thing ever started in the world of software , which proliferates : 1. Open Source Code for Commercially distributed software . 2. Against Patenting , as it destroys the innovating spirit . Essentiallly to understand more you need to go through GPL ( General Public License ) , go thorugh following links for better understanding : http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/ From MS Rival companies - Ahhh ! finally we got something to be happy about and got somethin' to contain MS unrestricted monopoly , as every software is bound to work on an OS and beside Home Computer market , MS is good in Server market too , so they are putting all combined muscle behind it , however in true sense , they never themselve relase the source code for their products . They mostly develop the products for enterprise customers and server level market and earn major revenue thorugh support . Once in a while they publicly announce their patents that can be used by Open Source Developers , but believe me 95 % of those patents are pure crap . From Academia - They are the original people , who started this revolutionary stuff , due to their strong beleif in Free software avilability , idea is that software code is avilable and you can if you want make changes and accustom the stuff as per your need , you need you pay few dollars everytime a new version comes up , where there are hardly any change but Companies want to mint money . Now Open Source Technologies : ---------------------------------- To name few - Perl , Python , PHP , shell , Linux , mySql , Apache etc. Case that you have mentioned may be considered as some kind of subset of open source as you are actually providing the source code , but actually in case of above mentioned technology , the code for technology is also available and open source enthusiast do contribute to the development and relase of new versions . so , C# is not an open source technology . I hope it helps a bit , regards , Mrinal ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. http://groups.msn.com/bdotnet/_emailsettings.msnw Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. http://groups.msn.com/_passportredir.msnw?ppmprop=help For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. http://groups.msn.com/contact If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
