On Thu, 4 Jul 2002, Nadav Har'El wrote: > On Thu, Jul 04, 2002, Ben-Nes Michael wrote about "The Elephant is moving ?": > > Great news :) > > > > I wonder what open source ? Linux, BSD something other ... > > > > http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-1978814,00.html > > They have Open Source software, not Free Software. Here, the difference > is of paramount significance: They have the source of the software written > for them (either by internal people or by external companies), but it doesn't > mean that it is software distributed for everyone's use. It may be (and most > likely usually is) software written specifically for the army's use. > Alternatively, it may be commercially-distributed software that the army > bought a source-license for. >
I beg to differ, but according to the open-source definition, a software needs more than that to be called open source: http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition_plain.html It needs to be freely distributable, freely modifiable, etc. Now, the FSF does not make claim to software that is internally used, or was modified for internal use. Regards, Shlomi Fish > -- > Nadav Har'El | Thursday, Jul 4 2002, 24 Tammuz 5762 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] |----------------------------------------- > Phone: +972-53-245868, ICQ 13349191 |What did the Buddhist say to the hot dog > http://nadav.harel.org.il |vendor? Make me one with everything. > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Page: http://t2.technion.ac.il/~shlomif/ Home E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Let's suppose you have a table with 2^n cups..." "Wait a second - is n a natural number?" ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
