Jeff Waugh wrote: > <quote who="Mike MacCana"> > >>But a lot of people, including a good portion of Linux users (maybe even >>most) have no idea what Open Source means other some vague notion that it >>can be $free to acquire and comes with source code. This can include not >>Open Source software such as QMail, Windows, or Pine. > > > Here's a question I've been asking a lot of people recently. Which do you > care *more* about: > > a) An alternative to Windows > > b) Access to source code > > c) The ideal of continuing software freedom
I choose C Access to source code may be of little use if it is subjected to restrictions on *how* it is used. Acess to source alone does not make one 'free' in th sense of being in control of how you can use, enhance or derive from that software. The ideal of continuing software freedom rides on access to source code and so I think that B is a nessessary condition to realise C and implicit in the ideal. Therefore I choose C Mike -- Mike Lake Caver, Linux enthusiast and interested in anything technical. UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER ======================================================================== This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. ======================================================================== -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
