[LAD] LS licensing (was: LV2 " isn't well thought out ?" LV2 in the Reaper sequencer)

Dave Robillard dave at drobilla.net
Tue Jan 29 17:16:15 UTC 2008


On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 10:42 +0000, Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 29. Januar 2008 06:25:31 schrieben Sie:
> > On Sat, 2008-01-26 at 03:16 +0000, Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
> > > So get it: there is NOT only one definition of the term "open source"
> > > when standing alone. Like with many unspecific short terms, different
> > > people have different opinions of those short terms.
> >
> > Yours just coincidentally is shared by virtually nobody and it just so
> > happens that this arbitrary definiton matches exactly your software
> > which you wish to call 'open source' for PR reasons.
> 
> Right, just by the majority of e.g. all Windows and OS X users, hmm who 
> reflect the majority of all users anyway. And right, I forgot I'm promoting a 
> product. Thanks Dave for enlighten us about the truth! Now I clearly see 
> there is only white and nothing else than white! Well, maybe black, but the 
> black ones are evil by definition and don't count.
> 
> Thanks my Pope! How could I ever have doubts in your holy inerrable words.

Very well, Google and virtually the entire Internet is wrong, and you
are right.  Congratulations.

Is FLOSS good enough, or is "Free Libre Open Source Software" also open
to interpretation in crazyville?

-DR-





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