+++ Kenneth Gonsalves [25/06/08 11:15 +0530]:
In other words, when the future of the open source efforts of a closed
source project is not certain and can possibly end with a less than
admirable
result, would you still spend years promoting it and ending up like an
indignant fool at the
On 25-Jun-08, at 6:20 PM, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote:
Would it be okay for people to discuss and advocate M$ Opensource
initiative here?
no
--
regards
Kenneth Gonsalves
Associate, NRC-FOSS
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/
+++ Gora Mohanty [23/06/08 22:11 +0530]:
Thank you for that nice summary. I am far from being a free-software
purist, and am quite willing to accept discussions of projects that are
in the process of being open-sourced, or even ones where people are
trying to convince a project to go open-source.
On 24-Jun-08, at 2:17 PM, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote:
In other words, when the future of the open source efforts of a closed
source project is not certain and can possibly end with a less than
admirable
result, would you still spend years promoting it and ending up like an
indignant fool
+++ Kenneth Gonsalves [23/06/08 13:13 +0530]:
of opensolaris is to be permitted on this list. Obviously advocacy of
anything proprietary is a no no. So what is the stand on advocacy of
something that is in the process of being opensourced?
That is an excellent question, Kenneth. My point of
Excellent summary, Sandip (welcome to the mutual back-scratching
society!). One point though, inline...
On Monday 23 Jun 2008, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote:
[snip]
That is an excellent question, Kenneth. My point of view (I am hoping
others can provide theirs, so that we can reach a consensus):
+++ Raj Mathur [23/06/08 14:08 +0530]:
While the name of the list (and the group) continue to remain ``Linux'',
I believe that's more for historical reasons than because of any
specific existing bias towards Linux as a FOSS platform. IMO, as long
as we keep your remaining points in view, we
On 23-Jun-08, at 1:43 PM, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote:
of opensolaris is to be permitted on this list. Obviously advocacy of
anything proprietary is a no no. So what is the stand on advocacy of
something that is in the process of being opensourced?
That is an excellent question, Kenneth. My
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think advocacy of a product in the process of being open sourced is
ok. In fact should be done as more people trying out and using the
product because it is being open sourced would
Officially, is this a FOSS list
+++ Kenneth Gonsalves [23/06/08 15:38 +0530]:
I think advocacy of a product in the process of being open sourced is
ok. In fact should be done as more people trying out and using the
product because it is being open sourced would
a) encourage them to open source faster
b) bring to light
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:43:29 +0530
Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
+++ Kenneth Gonsalves [23/06/08 13:13 +0530]:
of opensolaris is to be permitted on this list. Obviously advocacy of
anything proprietary is a no no. So what is the stand on advocacy of
something that is in the
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