Definition of Open Source [was Re: pine: UW permission to distribute]
Jos Vos
jos at xos.nl
Tue Jul 20 15:53:01 UTC 2004
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 10:39:24AM -0500, Rex Dieter wrote:
> That's your opinion. My opinion is that opensource implies only that
> you have access to the source and rights to with it (mostly) as you
> like, which doesn't necessarily imply any sort of binary redistribution
> right.
But your definition is not really close to what is usually meant
with Open Source (it's maybe more close to what M$ sometimes
suggests it thinks it is ;-)).
> Of course, neither of our (or anyone's not officially representing
> Fedora) opinions mean squat.
True.
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