Imho the word 'open source' is really becoming semantically overloaded. For the projects you mention lot of traditional open source characteristics that gave the positive connotation to the word do not apply.
Main characteristic of traditional open source products to me is that the product is developed and maintained by a community of developers. This results in many eyeballs, many bugfixers, lots of public discussion, bazaar vs cathedral etc. I think these things are in place for MMBase, Apache server, Linux etc and it is for this reason fair to assume this software is better, more stable robust etc because they are (traditional) open source. Addressing products that are developed by just a few people within a organization and are made downloadable afterwards as 'open source', is not really contributing to the clearness of meaning of the word. It somehow feels to me the word is being hijacked. Couldn't we just call these things 'shareware' or something else ? > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Kees Jongenburger > Verzonden: woensdag 26 mei 2004 11:34 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: where is the open source? > > > Hi > > I like the fact that people are "giving" to open source. but > I would like to shop around the opensource around MMBase What > do I need to do to get the sources of didactor wiab/gemeente > leeuwarde mmproject mmbob > > I think that there is a need for somebody to support such > applictions -put them in cvs (sourceforge?) -keep them > running and compatible > > Is there somebody trying to do that? > > greetings > > > -- > Kees Jongenburger > Mediapark C101 Hilversum > +31 (0)35 6772910 > > >
