On Fri, 2011-04-01 at 13:44 +0530, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: > 2011/4/1 Kenneth Gonsalves <[email protected]>: > >> It is about 25 lines of shell script which > >> he has posted here and has been dissected to death already. :-) > > > > that is beside the point. > > Which point is it beside to? He has released the code, and he > specified the license under which he has released it. What more do you > want?
well, in my opinion, open source software, be it a script of 25 lines or a kernel of lakhs of lines, is not truly open source unless: 1. it is in a public repository 2. it is under version control 3. it is supported by a ticketing system the present script is only available in the archives of this list. It is not under version control. The issues and solutions proposed and done can only be got by mining the archives. A license has been specified, but the conditions for release under the said license have not been satisfied, so it is as good as public domain. what more do you want? and please stop cc-ing me on every post, just send it to the list - mailman will see that I get my copy. -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com Coimbatore LUG rox http://ilugcbe.techstud.org/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
