On Wednesday 26 Aug 2009, jtd wrote: > On Wednesday 26 August 2009, justin joseph wrote: > [snip] > > The letter http://windows7sins.org/letter/ is licensed under > > Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. we could use the same > > with modifications > > if we can get a Waiver. People might want to change instances of > > "free software" with > > "Free and Open source software" and other changes relevant to > > FOSSCOMM context. > > So you support M$ opensource, or several of the other software that > have sources open, but do not allow you to copy, modify or create > derivatives?
"Open Source" has a specific definition: http://opensource.org/docs/osd As far as I know, MS' efforts to muddy the terminology wrt "Open Source" are going down, partly because two of their licences got accepted by the OSI. Now if they misuse the term they run the risk of having those invalidated as open source licences, which is a chance they wouldn't want to take. There are people within MS who react promptly to reported abuses of the term "Open Source" by their own organisation. Agreed that there do exist entities who muddy the definition, but in general I'd say "Open Source" has as clear a definition as "Free Software". I also feel that removing the last part of the letter (contrasting open source and free software) would lower the chances of confusion in the recipient. And finally, since we're F-OS-scomm, we should treat both free software and open source with the same respect. > > Note: I am fine with "free sotware". Not sure if FSF will give the > > waiver considering nature of change, > > FSF India might know better. > > I sure hope they dont. If we decide to go ahead with this initiative, we'll have to spend the energy to make a fresh letter if they don't agree to modifications anyway :) Regards, -- Raj -- Raj Mathur [email protected] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
