Dear Partha,
I didn't really want to enter this discussion, and I might be totally
wrong writing it Saturday midnight... but...
I guess "open source" means what it means: the source code available to
anyone, right?
Latest or not latest... I guess that would be an additional decoration
to the combination of words in question, namely (or for example) "latest
open source code" or "whatever the developer is decided to release as a
current open source code".
Furthermore, "open source" does not necessarily mean "end-user usable
program". "Open source" and "build" (latest or not, see above) are very
different things.
Getting an "end-user usable program" from "open source" may take from no
to huge amount of effort, and sometimes only the author of the "open
source" can afford making it.
So, I guess your original question/suggestion is not clear enough to
start with. Again, I might be totally wrong and if so, I will be glad to
hear critics -:)
All the best!
Pavel.
On 11/14/09 11:24 PM, Partha Chakrabarti wrote:
Dear BBusers,
I initially did not want to post this in the BB. With all due respect,
could we use the word "open source" for those programs where the
latest build or source code are available to the community?
Regards, Partha
