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Frank Wiles frank at wiles.org
Thu Jul 31 20:30:24 CDT 2003


On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 15:40:35 -0500
Scott Smith <scott at roadtoad.net> wrote:

> Technically, if you want to get technical, the GPL technically isn't 
> OPEN source because it restricts the manner in which you can
> distribute applications based on this license. A technically TRUE
> *OPEN* source license would be something like the BSD license.

  By "Open Source" I mean the term as it is used by the Open Source
  Initiative. See http://www.opensource.org for more information. 

  I wasn't trying to imply completely open like public domain or
  BSD.  However, software that is in the public domain or BSD
  licensed doesn't bother me. 

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   Frank Wiles <frank at wiles.org>
   http://frank.wiles.org
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