I would tend to agree; GPL / public domain /
source-code-free-and-available-at-no-cost options are all viable in my
mind, but I want to 1) make sure I perform this task to the standards of
the project's leader and the community to which I have volunteered and 2)
avoid a potential user out there thinking something like, "Well, I *would*
choose FreeDOS, but not all its components are GPL code."
My problem is FreeDOS may end up being used in any number of capacities
(commercial, private, industrial, etc.) and this isn't my project so I'm
not sure how strict we want to be - e.g. I would hate to see our markets or
user base narrowed over one single choice.
Jim, what is your input on this?
On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Steve Nickolas <usots...@buric.co> wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Mercury Thirteen wrote:
>
> > I'm still reviewing the packages to ensure they're all open source
> > compliant.
> >
> > What are we considering acceptable in this regard? Are we going only with
> > software which has been made available under one of the GNU licenses
> > exclusively? Obviously programs which are free but have no source
> available
> > should be excluded (e.g. Pegasus) but if the source code is freely
> > available and/or public, yet not explicitly released under the GPL, does
> > this also suffice for inclusion?
>
> Personally - this is just my opinion - I would use this guideline: a
> program is open source if the source is freely available to use, modify
> and redistribute (in any combination, commercially or noncommercially).
> Or, in other words, the same idea as
> https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html .
>
> That's just my opinion though.
>
> -uso.
>
>
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