Re: [OSCOM] ANN: Magnolia 3.0 Simple Enterprise Content Management released

On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 03:34:31PM +0200, Andreas Hartmann wrote:
> > Sorry, but open source does not mean that it is free.
> http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php
> "The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the
> software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing
> programs from several different sources. The license shall not require a
> royalty or other fee for such sale."
> 
> As I understand this, (according to this definition) open source
> implicates free availability. Or am I getting this wrong?

yup, the the requirements for open source and free software licenses are
identical. it is only the mindset of the people that use those terms
that differs, and the missunderstanding as shown quoted in the first
line is exactly the problem that allows people to missuse the term "open
source" and the reason why i avoid it.

greetings, martin.
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