(anonymous) wrote: >>> [...] >>> To be clear: I'm not going to make my code proprietary in >>> any way. I just wanted to know whether I'm entitled to ask >>> for the source of every Labs bot ;-) >> Everyone is entitled to /ask/, but I don't think you have a >> right to /receive/ the source :-).
> What's the purpose of open source then? (Apart from the two you mentioned) > [...] In general, apart from special cases like the AGPL, it is (IMHO, of course) to make the users of a software owners, so that they can learn, fix, improve or do whatever else they feel necessary or advantageous without depending on the ap- proval of the (original) developer. Something similar to, say, the plans of a house's plumbing or electricity lines; they don't need to be publicly available to everyone or just visitors, but it is essential that the house owner has them for repairs and extensions. Tim _______________________________________________ Labs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l
