Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Open source software: Meaning or meaningless?
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> | David Berlind, Dana Blankenhorn and others have been noting how open
> | source could be in trouble if there aren't standard definitions for it.
> | The gist: So many software makers claim something is open source that
> | the whole movement loses meaning. Perhaps open source is just a
> | sales model.
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> http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4111
>
It's the press that are doing that rather than the people using it. We know
that Open Source can be used equally with free and commercial software, the
jerno's are the ones that seem to have trouble with that area, and of cause
those who are used to the other OS's have the idea that all software should
cost an arm and leg otherwise it can't be true software.
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