Yes, i am aware about OSI definitions but didn't thought they de-facto owned the whole "open-source" definition.
I was under the wrong assumption that all that googlecode was asking was that the sourcecode is made available (the "open" term) but that the chosen license was up to copyright owner and that googlecode was only "recommending" the use of OSI-compliant licenses. I think this should be made clearer in the TOS when creating a new project as i know that many emulator projects currently hosted here are derivated from similar license (see MAME/Final Burn or Snes9x ports). Finally, I understand the goal and philosophy behind free software fundations but I sadly can't accept that my 6-years hard dedicated work is being used as part of a commercial business by some greedy and non-contributing people. In my opinion, the growing attitude of such people, using popular free applications to make some easy money, and the functionning of android/cydia-like online stores that does nothing to promote code sharing/inprovment clearly show the limits of gpl and the likes in modern software market... I simply feel kinda sad that people like me who only try to preserves the spirit of sharing code and knowledge without any kind of profits are being the one chased down. On 31 août, 17:49, Nathaniel Manista <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Christophe ekeeke <[email protected]>wrote: > > > After some thoughts, I don't really understand the issue: "open > > source" is actually different from "free software" philosophy as > > defined by the FSF and GPL license. I never was aware that open-source > > implied anything beside that the source code should be made available > > for anyone to USE it, but distribution is a different thing. > > The term "open source" encompasses a great deal more than free software and > the GPL, but does not go so far as to include "everything for which source > code is publicly readable". I strongly recommend spending some quality time > with the Open Source Definition <http://opensource.org/docs/osd>. > -Nathaniel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Project Hosting on Google Code" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en.
