On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:19:32 +0530, Rony
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> You are again mixing the term OSS with FOSS. OSS is not always Free
> OSS.
You are making up your own terms. Open Source Software was a
term defined by http://www.opensource.org/, and trhe definition there
is the one commonly accepted in the community.
http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php
Defines redistribution as point 1. And this is the official
definition of the term.
> Again a mix-up of OSS and FOSS.
Rubbish. Even Wikipedia defines OSS as I am stating:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software
Open-source software is an antonym for closed source software
and refers to any computer software whose source code is
available under a license (or arrangement such as the public
domain) that permits users to study, change, and improve the
software, and to redistribute it in modified or unmodified
form. It is often developed in a public, collaborative
manner. It is the most prominent example of open source
development and often compared to user generated content
> It would be better to use 'Libre' for Free OSS and Open Source for
> OSS. Kenneth has very clearly explained his point, even mentioning
> in his earlier posts that the OSS licence of Scilab is not the
> recognized OSS license.
Not according to these sources:
http://www.eifl.net/opensoft/soft.html -- electronic information for
libraries
http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/
What is open source software? Open source software is software
released under an Open Source Initiative (OSI) certified
licence...
Even the FSF acknowledges that open source and free software
are the same software bits:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html
What basis do you have for this gross misrepresentation of
what OSS is? Can you cite any authoritative source for this? (I felt
like making up my own meaning does not count)
manoj
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