On Thursday 01 July 2004 03:36 am, Karel Kulhav� wrote: > > 2) Write the first book on "Open Source Physical Computing Tools". > > I don't like the term "Open Source" because it means only the sources > are open and nothing more. What is most interesting for me is when the > design is free (libre).
The problem is, the word 'free' automatically makes people think "zero-cost". It's a word that is dangerously overloaded. The whole phrase, "Open Source", came about almost entirely because of this problem. > 3) GPL, but instead of forbidding inclusion into non-FT, the inclusion > is only discouraged in Ronja, because you can't forbid someone > drawing the same circuit again and using it in his Proprietary (TM) > Product. This is precisely why my Kestrel project (see http://www.falvotech.com/kestrel.html -- and yes, Ronja did provide much of the inspiration for this project) is going to be LGPLed, and not GPLed. -- Samuel A. Falvo II
