On 29 Dec 2002 09:44:23 +0200, Gilad Ben-Yossef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The Full name of the Hamakor is "Israeli society for Free and Open
> Source Software". Both the fact that we state both terms and that we
> seperate the terms are meaningful.
I think this definition is much too encompassing. Will you include
"open source" software that is only part of a larger code base, and
its use is restricted by a draconian license (look but not touch or
copy) ?
I would add a sentence that says something like:
"which is distributed under a license that allow modifications
and redistribution (like the Gnu GPL, the X11/MIT license, the
BSD license, IBM public license etc.)."
> We distinguish that they are two seperate ideological streams but at the
> same time believe that at the practical level both share much in common
> and have many non conflicting interests. Enough so, that we wish HaMakor
> to be home to people who consider themselves to be part of both
> movements without giving up their unique ideological views.
My addendum does not distinguish between the different ideologies. It
just exclude "non usable" open source.
> *Personally*, that is, speaking as Gilad and not as represetnative of
> HaMakor, I suspect that they compliment each other - they are two
> seperate "arguments", if you'd like, to do the same thing.
I (personally) think that open source (as defined by the OSI) is just
more relaxed than the FSF in its redistribution requirement (It gives
up the viral nature of the GPL).
Ehud.
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