On 9/12/06, Claire Narvaez-Montealto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
how to unsubscribe from this mailing list?
wow, hijacking a thread, top posting and totally making it off topic.
Daniel Escasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Sabi ni Zak noong Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 5:16 PMOn 9/12/06, Jeffrey Ian Dy wrote:
> But, how can we promote FOSS if you are using a source code who's syntax
> exclusively runs on proprietary programming languages?On 9/12/06, Zak B. Elep wrote:
> Hmm, I lost you there. I reckon that it is source code in some
> programming language that gets compiled/interpreted/transmogrified to
> run in an execution environment, and not `code whose syntax(?) runs on
> a language.'
Let's see if I can attempt to clear things up. Let's say I write aprogram in Visual BASIC or better (or worse? ) Visual
FoxPro. I release the code under an FSF- or OSI-endorsed Free/Open
Source license. While everyone *is* free to read and in theory modify
the code, in practice you'd need Visual BASIC or VFP respectively --
neither of which is FOSS. And I don't know of any FOSS applications or
SourceForge projects that can handle VB or VFP projects.
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