On Thursday 06 November 2003 02:50 am, Mike A. Harris wrote: > Remember, "open source" does not mean "you can read the source > code", it means http://www.opensource.org definition of open > source, which is where the term was coined.
Your statement confuses me. Maybe I miss your point, "open source" *does* mean you can read the source code. (Maybe you meant to say it "does not mean that you can *only* read the source code"?) Anyway, a hopefully relevant quote from the site you cited (http://www.opensource.org/): <quote> The basic idea behind open source is very simple: When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, people fix bugs. And this can happen at a speed that, if one is used to the slow pace of conventional software development, seems astonishing. </quote> I can't recall the name, but there is that other thing that Microsoft promotes that is their attempt to co-opt "open source", the program that lets some of their customers view the source (for a fee) and (possibly) submit bug fixes, but does not actually let them modify the code (IIUC). regards, Randy Kramer _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
