On Fri, 2011-04-01 at 16:28 +0530, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: > 2011/4/1 Kenneth Gonsalves <[email protected]>: > > 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: > > [snip] > > Fortunately or unfortunately, the world has a different definition of > open source.
what is the 'worlds' definition of open source? > Why would a developer go through all this if she does not > intend to support the code or continue development on it? Rony is not going to support the code or continue development on it? > Releasing > open source code shouldn't be a millstone. what is the millstone? version control? ticketing? complying with the chosen license? encouraging people to contribute because of the above? I agree in the last century doing all this was a pain and expensive too. Now it is free and can be done with a few clicks of a mouse. as a matter of fact, it is impossible to develop decent scripts/software without all the above. and for heavens sake refrain from cc-ing me on every post - what exactly is so difficult about pressing 'reply' instead of pressing 'reply-all'? -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com Coimbatore LUG rox http://ilugcbe.techstud.org/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
