Richmond Mathewson wrote:
A while ago I wrote a message to one of the high-ups at Ubuntu offering
to let them have FREE linux versions of a couple of programs I made about
6 years ago about Phonetics using RR.
They were refused on the grounds that, while I was entitled to distribute
standalones free, they were built using proprietary software.
Personally I thought they were being a bit silly.
Being Linux folks, maybe not so silly. But those managing FOSS projects
that run on proprietary commercial OSes like Windows and Mac OS do seem
to be drawing their line in the sand rather arbitrarily:
To some purists, even Rev projects released under the LGPL will never
been perceived as "true" open source projects because they require a
proprietary engine to run. This of course overlooks that even if the
Rev engine were open source it would still require the larger
"proprietary engine": the OS itself.
All open source applications that run on Windows, Mac, or any other
non-FOSS OS are just as "proprietary" as any Rev project released under
similar license.
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World
Revolution training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com
Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com
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