Re: Excluded and other middles in licensing

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) writes: > > Note also from the Heine-Borel theorem that every closed source > > program can be covered by some finite collection of open source > > programs. > > Every _compact_ one, surely? Quoting by heart from old memories, but, > isn't Heine-Borel about (bein

Re: Excluded and other middles in licensing

Paul Rubin wrote: > Note also from the Heine-Borel theorem that every closed source > program can be covered by some finite collection of open source > programs. Every _compact_ one, surely? Quoting by heart from old memories, but, isn't Heine-Borel about (being able r

Re: Excluded and other middles in licensing

Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_source > > "any program whose licensing terms do not qualify as open source". > > A definition with a nice big "This article may need to be reworded to > conform to a neutral point of view" warning at the top. ;-) > ..

Re: Excluded and other middles in licensing

Alex Martelli wrote: Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... While most people may not think of such programs as "closed source", they most definitely ARE: the definition of open source is very strict about this aspect. ... With my mathematical background, I'm consistent about calling thes

Re: Excluded and other middles in licensing

Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > >>While most people may not think of such programs as "closed source", > >>they most definitely ARE: the definition of open source is very strict > >>about this aspect. ... > > With my mathematical background, I'm consistent about calling > > these

Re: Excluded and other middles in licensing

Cameron Laird wrote: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alex Martelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . . . One last reflection -- I believe there are or used to be some programs written by people no doubt of very good will, distribute

Excluded and other middles in licensing (was: The Industry choice)

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alex Martelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . . . >One last reflection -- I believe there are or used to be some programs >written by people no doubt of very good will, distributed with all >sources