On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 21:17 -0500, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: > Hi Gianluca, > > It's always a pleasure to see you active in OOo again. > > > On 2005-12-09, at 05:02 , Gianluca Turconi wrote: > > > To the attention of The Guardian Unlimited's Publisher, Technology > > section, > > and to Mr. Andrew Brown. > > > > Dear Sirs, > > > > > > "The outsiders who have provided input have been full-time > > professionals employed by Linux companies to help make the software > > credible." > > I think a fair question might be: Is it (where "it" can refer to any > OSI licensed work) any *less* open source merely because someone is > paid to work on the code? > > My understanding is that open source does not depend on volunteers. > It is a mode of production, one that allows for horizonless > collaboration.
I would say its even simpler. Open Source is defined by the license. It is not even necessarily a mode of production since that mode could change. The consequences of the license change with the particular products and circumstances so that the mode of production for one OSS project might well differ from another. Open Source licenses offer possibilities not absolutes. The value in OSS licenses is reflected in the outcome. OOo is increasing its market share globally so there must be some value in OOo, bugs and all or it would not be growing the way it is. Presumably reducing the number of bugs will just make its adoption faster and if the bugs are a significant problem adoption will slow until the problem is fixed. -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMS Ltd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
