From simo.sorce@xsec.it Tue May 28 15:15:12 2002
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On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 14:29, Joerg Schilling wrote:
Let us call it this way: =20 They are definitely _not_ _going_ the Open Source / Free Software way: =20
- They are Open Source -> Yes
=20
- The software they create benefits from OSS/FS development paradigms -> NO
I disagree with you sorry, but I think it is the other way.
Open Source Movement has put all the emphasis into promoting the collaborative superior force and all other merely technical merits of the so called Open Source, when RedHat do not accept changes in their own tree they simply choose not to exploit one of the supposed advantages of Open Source however they still fulfill both OS definition and FS definition.
So they do not get the main advantage OSS provides.
Jörg
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On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 18:03, Joerg Schilling wrote:
So they do not get the main advantage OSS provides.
what a crime!
For me (and i think most on this list) its totally indifferent what they choose do get from the community, they release it as Free Software so that users can be free, that's enough.