[linux-audio-user] Just look at what you have done!

[Lee Revell]

On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 18:17 -0400, Rob wrote:
> On Thu August 24 2006 15:53, Lee Revell wrote:
> > Yes, it is open source (the source is avaliable - QED).  It's
> > not GPL or free software.
> 
> 1. Linuxsampler is not "open source" any more than Microsoft's 
> "shared source" initiative releases "open source" software.  The 
> term "open source" is a trademark of the Open Source Initiative, 
> and as regards software licenses, it may only be used to refer 
> to licenses conforming to the Open Source Definition created by 
> OSI.  Linuxsampler doesn't conform, because of section 6 in the 
> OSD:
> 

Wasn't "open source" already in vernacular use before the OSI
trademarked it?

Lee