So this post is another "shot" in the series against the v____ word. This v_____ word can easily get the mixed meanings that "hacker" has in different contexts.
I still would like a single word other than "virile" partly because it so easily lapses back to its near homonym. After racking my brain for a single word I am somewhat at a loss.
I do like the connotations of "pedigree" partly because it represents continuity,inheritance, documentation, and supporters/investors depend on it.
I also think that "virile" connotes propogation without the intervention of judgment, whereas "pedigree" implies access to the papers,lineage, and attributes of the legacy resource with a chain of responsibility among all owners of the managed genes. If propogation is rapid, its just because of the market demand. If the price is right and you can support your investment in the animal, you still want to know the attributes with complete documentation.
Open source is not about enticing code into use, it is also about source pedigree. As one who does not expect to poke around in code, I still depend on evidence that other persons are doing so and they/we are a coherent community propogating the proof of that good breeding.
Rusty
K. S. Bhaskar wrote:
Comments below.
-- Bhaskar
On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 20:54, Joel West wrote:
[KSB] <...snip...>
* do you want a "viral" term or not, i.e. one that requires changes to be given back (GPL) or not (BSD, Apache) * do you want the "viral" clause to apply to new versions of the code (as say the LGPL or the MPL, or anything with which it is combined (the GPL).
[KSB] In view of prior discussion on the possible negative connotation of "viral", perhaps we should use - and promote - the term "virile"...
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