Definition of Open Source [was Re: pine: UW permission to distribute]

Jos Vos jos at xos.nl
Tue Jul 20 15:50:22 UTC 2004


On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 05:34:27PM +0200, Leonard den Ottolander wrote:

> However, the permission granted by UW to you does not suffice to satisfy
> the (what I believe to be the) general definition of open source
> software, which means the right to redistribute with any modification.

And also a special permission for fedora.us, i.s.o. a general permission,
does violate the general Open Source definition AFAIK.

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