Ian Lance Taylor writes:
> From: "Al" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 22:43:50 -0500
>
> Don't care. What I care about is what the words mean in an actual language.
Oh, so "Microsoft" means small software? And "Ian Lance Taylor" is
someone who sews with a really long needle? I'm sorry, Al, but you're
being an idiot. Words have context, and you discard meaning when you
intentionally lose context.
> Cool. ``Open source'' was invented because people thought ``free
> software'' was a misuse of English. Now we can see the same thing
> happen to ``open source.''
Yep. THAT was a botch. We should have invented a word, like Debian,
Zembu, qmail, or djbdns.
> The way I use the terms, DJBware is neither free software nor open
> source. It's source-available and no-cost, but it's not
> modified-redistributable.
Yeah, but it's just so, so close to being free software. I think that
it's not being modified-redistributable affects its acceptance in the
community, but when I wear my qmail user's hat (as opposed to
developer's hat), the difference is immaterial. I've got the source,
I've got permission to make changes, and I've got permission to
redistribute patches.
That said, modified-redistributable is a required permission to be
OSI Certified Open Source.
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