Re: The Toll Roads of Open Source

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Angelo Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> The term O-P-E-N S-O-U-R-C-E was long n use before the OSI made a
> public, and now widly accepted definition of it.

No, it wasn't.

That was the whole point behind choosing the term ``open source.''  It
didn't carry any existing freight.  See, e.g.,
    http://www.perens.com/OSD.html.

Ian