Well, then we have luck that you do not define what open source is :) There's a official definition of open source: http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd Thanks to all guys in the whole open source scene.
2007/8/3, wim delvaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Friday 03 August 2007 17:14:36 Ian Darwin wrote: > > Tim Milliken wrote: > > > I am looking into joining in on this project. Welcome aboard! > > > > Welcome aboard! > > > > > I am a windows programmer > > > > > > and know almost nothing about Linux. Where should I start? Can anyone > > > give me some starting points on getting started. Like do I have to be > > > running Linux as a host development OS? > > > > While it is in theory possible to develop on other *NIX-like OSes than > > Linux (such as BSD), I believe it would be a major amount of work. Doing > > so on Windows is probably beyond the capabilities of most individuals. > > > > > I am really lost but very > > > interested in this. I have thought about running Win CE 6.0 sine it is > > > kinda like and opensource, MS now includes the all the source for 6.0. > > > > Really? Allow me to ask a rhetorical question: Where can I download the > > complete source of Wince without paying anything, without signing > > anything and without confirming any license agreement? If I can't, it > > is not anything like "open source". :-) > > well for me 'open source' does not mean GPL. 'Open source' for me means > the > source is available to you and you can modify it but it does not give you > the > right to do what you want with it. > > GPL that is another story. It allows you to explicitely do what you want > with > it (to some extent) > > Mind you IANAL > > > > > Seriously, there is no reason you could not run another OS (like Wince), > > but you should not expect people on this list to divert from what > > they're doing to help you. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenMoko community mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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