I agree with the point that the creative spark is not communitarian. My point -- if we are to use Eric Raymond's book as an example (see Raymond's busness model "8 Free the Software, Sell the Brand") -- is that dual licensing IS an authentic open source model.
- Rod --------- Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cyberspaces.org ...... Original Message ....... On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 15:16:44 -0400 John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M. scripsit: > >> Open source software refers to a development model as well as a software >> licensing legal regime. > >Maybe in the press it does, but on the ground it does not. Only a small >fraction of the projects on Sourceforge or announced at Freshmeat are >developed in bazaar fashion. (Note that in TCATB, Eric uses "cathedral" >to refer to a certain kind of open source software, not to closed source >software.) > >The small one-person efforts may be more huts than cathedrals, but that >does not mean they are developed by an unconventional development model. > >-- >John Cowan -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
