On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 7:06 AM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 14 November 2010 20:04, John Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The name given of this type of open source + vendor lock-in has been >> on the tip of my tongue since this conversation started, but I've not >> been able to dislodge it. >> Does anyone recall a name for this beast? > > > "Proprietary."
;-) > Other terms include "shared source", thats a different, and more ugly, kind of 'convenience' to the one we have here. > "open core" thats a new one to me..? > or just "trap". and that one is out of RMS' phrasebook, fa sure. iirc, the first big argument about this was the binary blobs in the Linux kernel. A few good derogatory terms came out of that. -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
