18 Feb
2007
18 Feb
'07
2:02 a.m.
On 17-Feb-07, at 8:55 PM, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
*I* consider it OSS - and I have the freedom to do so.
You can call it Steak, too -- but redefining commonly acceptedterms to something only you know the definition of does not help in communication.
that is true - maybe i put it badly, but I feel that OSS should include software that can be used, modified and distributed, but the modified form may not be distributed commercialy. For an analogy, look at this one:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/
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regards
Kenneth Gonsalves
Associate, NRC-FOSS
lawgon@au-kbc.org
http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/