On Monday 22 June 2009, Raj Mathur wrote: > On Monday 22 Jun 2009, Krishnakant wrote: > > That is a mis interpritation of free software. > > Free software believes that freedom is for every one and freedom > > granted does not imply that you get permission to deny freedom to > > others. Open source allows people the freedom to deny freedom to > > others. For example GPL statutes that if you make changes to the free > > software code, you have the right to re-distribute the softwrae with > > change but also pas on the same rights or freedom to others who get > > that code. So free software means you *must* get the freedom but > > also respect the freedom of others. You will not deny freedom to > > share the software. So we beleive that every ones freedom is to be > > respected. I won't be allowed to take some free software and then > > making it "mine " or proprietory so to speak. > > But with many other licences other than GPL I will get the facility > > of not shareing with you what I got from some one who shared with me. > > Once again, please do not mix up licences with philosophies of the free > software and open source movements. OSI recognises the GPL as an Open > Source licence, and FSF recognises the BSD licence as a Free Software > licence. > > There are multiple issues here, which are unfortunately being made into > a khichdi by this thread: > > 1. The philosophies of the free software and open source movements. > > 2. The methodologies the FS and OS movements use, advocate and propagate > to achieve their ends. > > 3. Strong and weak copyleft licences, the reasons for their existence, > and their effects. > > Choose any one you like and and discuss it to your heart's content, but, > as Monsanto would say, please do not cross-pollinate ideas of one stream > with facts from another!
The above sentence must be pasted at the beginning of every philosophy / licence discussion. Secondly "promoting opensource" in business is like teaching a tiger to hunt - always very dangerous. Also Businesses will always seek an optimum level. Those who dont sink. There is no need to muddle about with philosophy to "teach / promote / introduce / whatever" businesses about "Opensource". -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
