On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:12:05 +0800 "Orlando Andico" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> And nobody cares... Partly because it isn't really open source, not in the true sense of the word, as it appears the license is merely a non-commercial free as in beer one, making it unusable for commercial development, and potentially toxic for any open source developer. More riding on the coattails of open source/Free software in the tradition of Microsoft's Shared Source... Access to QNX source code is free; source code can be downloaded from Foundry27.com effective September 12, 2007. Commercial deployments of QNX Neutrino runtime components still require royalties, and commercial developers will continue to pay for QNX Momentics development seats. However, noncommercial developers, academic faculty members, and qualified partners will be given access to QNX development tools and runtime products at no charge. From http://www.ddj.com/linux-open-source/201805595 Wake me up when they decide to use a real open source license. -- A house can be large or small; as long as the surrounding houses are equally small, it satisfies all social demands. But if a palace rises beside the little house, the little house shrinks into a hut. http://stormwyrm.blogspot.com
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