Brian McCallister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ps: Sun's JVM is already open source, just not free according to the > FSF, et. al. You can grab the source, build it, use it -- just not > redistribute it etc. You can even distribute patches -- FreeBSD does > this now.
"Open Source" has a precise definition at http://www.opensource.org/ which was based on the Debian Free Software Guidelines, and being able to redistribute is generally considered one of the important points of free/open source software. Please try not to dilute the term more than it is already:-) -- David N. Welton Consulting: http://www.dedasys.com/ Personal: http://www.dedasys.com/davidw/ Free Software: http://www.dedasys.com/freesoftware/ Apache Tcl: http://tcl.apache.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
