On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, Fred Benenson wrote: > Right I understan that, I just like to make the distinction between > software and web services.
Keep in mind that most of these "web services" are not made of magic pixie dust, but instead of software. So even if Reddit doesn't comply with the Franklin Street Statement <http://autonomo.us/2008/07/franklin-street-statement/>, it can still be open source or Free Software. CPAL 1.0, the license Reddit uses, is a Free Software license according to the FSF <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html>. (Most open source licenses are Free Software licenses, too, as I found at http://www.asheesh.org/note/software/osi-vs-fsf.html (summarized at http://www.asheesh.org/note/software/osi-vs-fsf-summary.html ).) > Google for example, runs free software (apache, etc.) but it's web > service is not a free one according to some. I'm not sure Google actually runs Apache anywhere, honestly. Any Googlers on the list might want to correct that, or not. > Sorry for being pedantic but I figured Id point it out. Me, too. -- Asheesh. -- I've never been canoeing before, but I imagine there must be just a few simple heuristics you have to remember... Yes, don't fall out, and don't hit rocks. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
