octave presentation, part 2

Ben Abbott bpabbott at mac.com
Thu Nov 20 06:49:51 CST 2008


On Nov 20, 2008, at 4:07 AM, David Bateman wrote:

> John W. Eaton wrote:
>> On 19-Nov-2008, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
>>
>> | "Open source" is meant to be a synonym for "free software";
>>
>> But these words convey different ideas.  Please take a look at
>> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html.
>
> This is RMS's definition/point-of-view and not necessarily the  
> position of everyone.. Though I've never felt the need to quibble  
> about terminology and feel its better to just keep your head down  
> and get the work done for the good of everyone..
>
> Cheers
> David

Agreed.

I would think a simple rewording to "open source-code" would be  
sufficient to dodge the issue, no?

Ben




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