Re: Another interesting article on Open Source

randyhyde@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <randyhyde@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-license2/?ca=dgr-lnxw01OS-Licensing
> Interesting quote from the article:
> In particular, all open source licenses share five fundamental
> intents (borrowed from attorney Lawrence Rosen's book Open
> Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property
> Law and used with permission):

> 1. Licensees are free to use open source software for any
> purpose whatsoever.
> 2. Licensees are free to make copies of open source software
> and are free to distribute those copies without payment of
> royalties to a licensor.
> 3. Licensees are free to create derivative works of open
> source software and are free to distribute those works
> without payment of royalties to a licensor.
> 4. Licensees are free to access and use the source code
> of open source software.
> 5. Licensees are free to combine open source and other software.
>
> Does *your* favorite open source license follow these rules?

The GPL certainly does not, and very pointedly _DOES NOT_
grant (5) and possibly (4) if "free" is taken as
"without restriction" as opposed to "costless".

But who cares? "Open Source" != "Free Software"
This is one lawyer's opinion in a very contentious area.
We all choose our own licences, and any railing against
others choices smacks of sour-grapes.

-- Robert

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