On 7/15/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 7/15/06, manny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> "Souce available" doesn't necessarily mean that the source caa be
> modified and that the resulting compiled binary can be redeployed.
> Therefore, "source available" software does not necessarily "do the job"
> as well as open source software. It lacks one of the very features that
> makes open source software a powerful tool.
>
Okay, now I get it. But then again, it's a catch 22 -- if the software
that does the job is not under any open source license, and the
government will require all software to be used/acquired to be under
an open source license, what will be done?
Write the whole thing under a open source license. If im the
government now, I will download something that does something similar
and i will modify it. It does not take much to create something that
meets my needs now. I think that your idea of software engineering is
totally different from mine. i dont try to guess what i will need
tomorrow and try to build it now. That only works for 20% of the time.
--
things i hate about my linux pc:
1. it takes more than a second to boot up
2. keeps asking about filenames and directories
3. does not remember what i was working on yesterday
4. does not remember all the changes i have ever made
5.cannot figure out necessary settings by itself
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