On 09 Apr 1998 10:35:20 EDT, Ben Pfaff wrote: > Hi, > > Are the terms "DFSG" and "Open Source" completely interchangeable or > not? They're based on identical wording. > > Yes, they are, AFAIK.
On the one hand that's nice because it's completely interchangeable, on the other hand two names for the same thing could easily be construed as misleading. > http://www.opensource.org/osd.html > http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html#guidelines > > What's the relationship between Debian and Open Source? (I know they > share webspace, but I mean business-wise.) > > The DFSG is targeted to the free software community. Open Source is > targeted at the business community. AFAIK, IIRC, and IMHO. To clarify, RedHat is DFSG-compliant (it's listed in Open Source products), and Debian is Open Source-compliant (Open Source definition is DFSG), but because DFSG targets non-commercial software (ironically the same software that appears on commercial Linux distros) and Open Source targets commercial software, this classification is correct but unintentional? <shaking head> What is the rationale for this distinction and why is it not stated explicitly? -- David Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------ http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]