----- Original Message ----- From: "David Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ned Lilly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 6:38 AM Subject: Re: binary restrictions?
| On Tuesday 02 October 2001 09:17 pm, Ned Lilly wrote: | | > Yeah, it kind of *is* to guarantee purchase. That is, purchase from | > Foo, Inc. and no one else (if you want to purchase software in the | > first place). But nothing's stopping you from getting the source | > and compiling it yourself. Is that a hard and fast no-no? | | Yes, that is a hard and fast no-no. There's nothing intrinsically wrong with | doing it your way, but it won't be Open Source. Actually that's a bit like what Microsoft will do with the 'source opening' of Windows... -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3