What I understand 'Open Source' to mean

[Rob Cozens]

Hi Richmond,

>I would like to find out what the "Princes of the Church"
>understand by 'Open Source'; because until a consensus is
>established as to what 'Open Source' means the present
>discussion is probably a bit pointless, with all parties
>entrenched in their respective corners baring their fangs.

IMF(oolesh)O, there is no single definition of open source because 
there are a.number of different open source license agreements 
attached to existing open source products.  In some cases, if one 
modifies (or simply incorporates as-is) open source code into one's 
own project, the entire project must be released as open source.

There was a discussion of the differences among the primary open 
source licenses a few years ago on the rev_ipc list 
<revolution_ipc at yahoogroups.com>.

Rob Cozens CCW
Serendipity Software Company

"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;
  Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."

  from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)