Re: Query on "delayed open source" licensing
"Russell Nelson" <[email protected]>
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Producing open source software isn't a bad thing, even if you don't get it immediately. OSI's position toward proprietary software has always been that the proprietary nature has a cost in terms of outside contributions to your software. I mean, I never knew that the Pep Boys were using my Token Ring packet driver until I received a floppy disk in the mail. Their improvements were valuable, coming from an actual user of the software. We don't criticize people for producing proprietary software. We think that the proprietary nature is its own punishment. On 10/27/23 14:06, Bradley M. Kuhn wrote: > IMO, taking a “neutral” position on a practice that is clearly bad for > consumers isn't really neutrality; it's merely tacit support of the incumbent > authority. _______________________________________________ The opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender and not necessarily those of the Open Source Initiative. Official statements by the Open Source Initiative will be sent from an opensource.org email address. License-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org