On 4/21/07, A G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
--- Cosmic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/19/07, Nishit Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On 4/19/07, Nishit Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > On 4/19/07, A G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > <so much> > > > > > > > > > > > > Part II > > > > Of course, both Vista and Linux are distributed > under licenses, but there is > > a major difference between their terms. Vista > EULAs very minutely specify > > what you can do with it, while the GNU/Linux > licenses, predominantly GPL, > > only disallow redistribution of the 'work' or its > 'derivatives' under a > > different license, thereby ensuring that what has > once been 'freed' stays > > 'Free'. It is a matter of copyright, and not > ownership. > > > > Consider it this way: you require a license to > drive your car. If you break > > traffic rules wantonly, your license can be > revoked, and you would no longer > > be allowed to drive your car. Software licenses > also intend to do the same > > thing. > > > > "Would you buy a car with the hood welded shut?" > - Bob Young I see a remarkable lack of intellegence in some members of this group.
Okay, I was just quoting Redhat co-founder, maybe we both lacks intelligence :-P
But, again coming back to the link, the points raised by fsf are false. People dont own vista - neither do people own OO or FF etc. fsf should argue that vista is closed source while OSS
Like cars with hoods welded shut is closed source
give much more freedom to do many things with OSS than vista or MS office.
And cars with hoods not welded shut is open source which I guess gives you freedom to do more. Its just that I get it better if someone used realworld examples rather than tech terms which are not well understood by average/below average intelligence people. - Triptoe C -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
