|| On Wed, 01 May 2002 12:52:11 +0100 || "Richard Smedley" richard.smedley@futurenet.co.uk wrote:
rs> Open Source suggests that you may (under certain conditions) have rs> access to (some of) the Source (code).
This is indeed a valid interpretation of the term.
Also common is "Open Source as in the Open Source Definition" by Bruce Perens, which is essentially identical to the "Debian Free Software Guidelines."
This OSD was part of the (failed) attempt to create a marketing program for Free Software under the name "Open Source."
More information can always be found at
http://fsfeurope.org/documents/freesoftware.html http://fsfeurope.org/documents/whyfs.en.html
and of course on
Regards, Georg