On Mon, 28 May 2007 22:29:27 +0100 Anthony W. Youngman wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Francesco > Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >I still cannot see why "proprietary" should mean "with secret source > >code": its basic common meaning is "owned by a proprietor" and does > >not refer to closeness or secrecy. > > Your own words condemn you :-) > > This is an accurate description of linux. Linux is "owned by a > proprietor", namely whoever (singular or plural) happens to own the > copyright(s).
I've already explained in which sense a piece of free software can be considered to be not really "owned" by anyone, so I won't repeat the argument here. And anyway, the Linux kernel indeed (and unfortunately) has some non-free parts... -- http://frx.netsons.org/doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.html Need to read a Debian testing installation walk-through? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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