"open source"? or not?

Anyone has an opinion on this subject?

This seems to have originate here:

http://lemonodor.com/archives/001043.html#c7988

And there:

http://www.haloscan.com/comments/taoofmac/blog_2005_01_13/#53346

Feedbacks greatly appreciated! :)

Cheers,

R.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Kragen Sitaker <[email protected]>
> Date: January 30, 2005 21:16:45 CET
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Zoe is not open source
>
> In the Zoe FAQ, you claim that Zoe is open-source.  But the license you
> chose in December 2002 is a Creative Commons license that forbids
> commercial redistribution, in conflict with the first provision of the
> Open Source Definition:
> http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php
>
> I am writing to you in hopes that you will correct the FAQ.  I do not
> yet see any evidence that this misstatement in the FAQ is anything 
> other
> than an honest mistake; it would be easy for someone to think that all
> of the Creative Commons licenses are open-source licenses.  Of course,
> as I am an enthusiast of free software, I would be delighted if you 
> made
> the software open-source instead, particularly since I find Zoe's ideas
> so inspiring, but I am sure you did not make your choice of license
> lightly.


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Mike Linksvayer <[email protected]>
> Date: January 31, 2005 01:14:50 CET
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: zoe license & creative commons
>
> Hi, I note that your FAQ 
> http://zoe.nu/itstories/story.php?data=stories&num=2&sec=1 says that 
> ZOE is open source and that it uses a Creative Commons 
> Attribution-NonCommercial license.
>
> FYI, the CC license you're using is not open source.  To qualify as 
> open source a license must not discriminate by use 
> http://opensource.org/docs/definition.php#6 .
>
> Creative Commons recommends using an open source license for software, 
> see http://creativecommons.org/faq#faq_entry_3646 .
>
> You may wish to consider using an open source license for ZOE, but you 
> definitely should not call it open source if you continue to use the 
> CC by-nc license.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> -- 
>   Mike Linksvayer
>   http://creativecommons.org/about/people#21



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