On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Olin Lathrop wrote: > Xiaofan Chen wrote: > > Olin's programmer does not really belong to open source because of the > > license limit. > > That's quite unfair. Just about all "open" software has some usage > limitation. People seem to consider GPL source "open", although its > restrictions can be rather onerous in some cases. My restrictions are > different, but the important point is the code is open for all to see. If > you require that "open" also means totally free to use for whatever you want > in any way you want, then most of what is commonly referred to as "open" > isn't, including everything from the Open Software Foundation. Your last sentence is incorrect. Freedom 0 is the freedom to use the software for any purpose. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Regards, Mark markrages@gmail -- Mark Rages, Engineer Midwest Telecine LLC markrages@midwesttelecine.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist