"open-source" x "free software"

Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com
Fri May 7 00:02:20 UTC 2004


Quoting Fabian Bastin (fabian.bastin at math.fundp.ac.be):

> I would suggest the term "Shared source", as defined by Microsoft:
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/Licensing/default.mspx
> Please note that is not the best place to discuss about shared source, 
> since it definitely not open-source. Just look at the comment made by 
> Eric Raymond: http://www.opensource.org/docs/sharedsource.php

That was not Eric, but rather Michael Tiemann -- and a damned fine
speech it was, too.

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