This is a correct assessment. FireAnt is not open source in that it is released under an open source license. That is a very clear and distinct thing. I do however think that we are very much in tune with the spirit and culture of open source, which is something much more abstract but no less important.
-Josh On 9/9/05, Pete Prodoehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joshua Kinberg wrote: > > Steve, > > > > You ask very tough questions. This is good, but I don't really have > > all the answers for you (or the answers you necessarily want to hear). > > > > I completely disagree with you on the definition of open source there. > > Open source is not just about source code. It is a much larger > > cultural exchange that is as much social, and political as it is > > technical. Besides, there is nothing restricting others from building > > their own RSS aggregator. Go ahead and do it. You don't need our > > source code for that. > > I think there is a distinction. When you release software, you can do so > using an open-source compliant license. As long as you follow the > guidelines of the license, you have then released "open-source software." > > Now, just releasing it with an open-source license may not be considered > in the "spirit of open-source" which usually involves such things as > open-ness, community, sharing, inter-operability, mailing lists, wikis, > etc... > > Pete > > -- > http://tinkernet.org/ > videoblog for the future... > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
