I would personally still call it "Open Source" as the source code is
openly available (I think we're getting a bit spoiled as this alone is a
far cry from Microsoft world). If I'm reading their license correctly it
(the code) is also modifiable and can be redistributed under reasonable
terms. What you cannot do is submit a change and guarantee that it will
make it in future code bases. In general these sort of restrictions seem
reasonable to me since someone's got to insure a cohesive vision and
standard of code quality.
On the other hand if they are slow to incorporate, regularly dismiss
quality and useful changes, and aren't keeping up with basic maintenance
then you gotta do what you gotta do. Fork away.
Incidentally, the answer is probably "yes" but, has anyone made a
reasonable effort to get them to change their practices or move to GPL?
- Matt
Alan Shutko wrote:
>
> Matt Fahrner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I completely agree *if* possible. If anything will be Open Source's
> > downfall it will be these sorts of forks and inablility to share the
> > sandbox together.
>
> Pine is not opensource software. It does not meet the OSD and Debian
> shuttles it off into non-free. (And they put all their diffs in a
> separate package.)
>
> If Pine were still opensource*, a fork probably wouldn't be necessary.
>
> * Some old version of the source met the OSD, iirc.
>
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