On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:08:05 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On 18-Feb-07, at 1:14 AM, Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray wrote: >> >>> - why dont you stick to GPL'd software >> >> Why should I do so? As far as I am concerned, Zope and Python are >> both released under free software licenses. The GPL is not the only >> free software license around. Here is something for you: >> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html > ever heard of the tail attempting to wag the dog? This is an apt > description of the FS movement. The OSS movement started as a > reaction to the extremism of the FS movement and conciously decided > to remove the 'F' in an attempt to reach a wider audience - and they > succeeded. So the FS movement, unable to prevent this, attempts to > hitch themselves to it by rechristening it as Free Software. Zope > and Python and Postgres and Apache and thousands of others do *not* > consider themselves Free Software. They consider themselves OSS. > Similarly, the only Linux that considers itself GNU/Linux is Debian. > All the other distros consider themselves Linux. Time you guys got > real and respected the opinions of others. You are revising history here a bit. The OSS folks did not want to change the basic philosophy as much as market it to the suits better. Indeed, the open source definition started off as a close of the DFSG -- but the word "Free" was removed to make it more palatable to the business people. They were careful to not actually change the requisite freedoms. And, really, I think most people do not consider hte software covered by the terms as distinct -- same software, different terms used by people to describe it, albeit with slightly different philosophical goals. manoj who was there when the open source stuff was launched -- One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry. Oscar Wilde Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
