nipra wrote:
Hi,
On 2/18/07, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
i would say the major difference is the absence of copyleft in OSS
What OSS definition you are talking about? Yours? Or as defined by
Open Source Initiative ? Or is it politically neutral enough to
include the term Free as in Freedom?
You are again mixing the term OSS with FOSS. OSS is not always Free OSS.
Did you read what copyleft meant? Please stop spreading FUD and do
some research before issuing such vague and confusing statements.
Copy- pasting from:
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/copyleft.html
``Copyleft is a general method for making a program or other work
free, and requiring all modified and extended versions of the program
to be free as well.''
Now I don't understand what it means to make a false claim that
``major difference is the absence of copyleft in OSS''. [SNIP] For now I would
like to ignore your all
subsequent replies.
Again a mix-up of OSS and FOSS. It would be better to use 'Libre' for
Free OSS and Open Source for OSS. Kenneth has very clearly explained his
point, even mentioning in his earlier posts that the OSS licence of
Scilab is not the recognized OSS license.
At the SELF conference in TIFR, a very good point was raised by the
guest speakers that hoarding of knowledge is against the development of
society and up-liftment of the weaker sections of society. That is why
knowledge should be free. When I see the political situation in India
and abroad and the way we disagree on this list, I feel that we still
haven't understood the true meaning of freedom. Just as knowledge should
not be hoarded, Freedom should not/never be hoarded. Freedom has to be
shared, to be passed on to others. Give others the same freedom that we
expect from them.
And let us throw flames at each other in the same spirit as we throw
colours during Holi.
Regards,
Rony.
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