As Derick has said, OpenSource does in no way mean free. That's a connotation uninformed people consistently derive about Open Source Software. It's insulting that you'll insult a perfectly legitimate, well meaning company without doing your research.
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Derick Centeno <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:38:18 -0500 > Young-Min Park <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Don't call yourselves open source if it's not free. This is an > > outrage to everyone who as ever volunteered their time and expertise > > to open source projects without pay. > > > > Hi Park: > > Judging from your comment, it appears there is some misunderstanding of > what is offered as a commercial service/product and what is open source. > Briefly, there are multiple definitions of open source around the world > which are explained here: > > http://www.opensource.org/ > > If you can take the time to explore the various licenses and kinds of > open source commitments which many companies adhere to and expect > their users to adhere to as well, you'll observe the very large breadth > or gap of intention and meaning of all these various licenses -- it is > an education to explore as much of them as possible. Although various > companies do offer some of their software products as "open source" > they define the conditions they choose to do so and those conditions > express widely differing definitions, and circumstances regarding when > such a process will be done. The expectations and obligations by those > using their software also differ. Some companies state very clearly > that if the reader doesn't agree to the terms of what the company or > project is offering, then one must not use the software. > > Some of what companies and projects offer is committed to open source > only after a period of time and/or under particular circumstances. PGP > (pgp.com), for instance, makes their contribution in two different > ways. They offer a trial software product for Windows and OS X which > after 30 days provides some, not all the functions, of their commercial > product. In other words, the trial version after 30 days, functions as > "free" software has less functionality of the trial version, but > remains quite useful as free software. They also contribute to the > GnuGP project so that gpg2 can run something called OpenPGP or OpenGP > which allows for public keys created with the trial or free version or > other commercial products of PGP to be understood by gpg2. > > Individuals and companies have the right to determine the terms and > conditions of their employment. This means also that a person (an > individual human or commercial entity) can freely determine when they > will charge for services for their product and/or when they will > contribute to open source or other community based or free effort. > > The obligation for everyone however is to become clearer regarding > which licenses and commercial/non-commercial obligations or > expectations one is agreeing to. > > I prefer an agreement based on a handshake. We are all a long way from > those days, especially as our current transactions of services span > across the planet. What we can do however is to clarify the terms and > means of our relationships to one another which although challenging to > examine and consider -- in the long run can help smooth the means for > cooperation. > > ========= > Refranes/Popular sayings: > The Taino say:No hay mal que por bien no venga. > There is no evil out of which good cannot blossom. > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] > Unsuscribe info: > http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' >
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