On Tuesday 02 March 2004 22:44, MJ Ray wrote:
On 2004-03-02 14:36:56 +0000 Vasko Tomanov vtomanov@dotrtt.com wrote:
What is Open Source: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040226003735733
I can't resist posting this quote from Eben Moglen: "It was in part for that reason [multiple meanings of free] that some folks decided in the late 90's, that maybe they ought to try and find another phrase and settled on open source. That turned out to have more difficulties, I think, than benefits for the people who did it, though it now works very nicely as a way for business to identify its interest in what we do without committing itself". An old article about some of those problems is still at http://mjr.towers.org.uk/writing/ambigopen.html
There's more interesting stuff about the advent of the term 'open source' in Richard Stallman's bio: http://www.faifzilla.org/ch11.html
Joe x