Re: "open source"? or not?

Zoe wrote:
> 
> On Jan 31, 2005, at 02:16, Jos wrote:
> 
>>> 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! :)
>>
>>
>> Huh. Well it seems that somebody has a bee in their bonnet for 
>> definitions. They may be technically correct that Zoe does not fit the 
>> OSI "open source" definition, but i'd have to ask, why do they care? 
>> Seems like a black-ball attempt to further their own agenda. But i 
>> could be paranoid. ;)
> 
> 
> Yea... kind of weird. It's not because some fly-by-night site pompously 
> calling itself "Open Source Initiative" put up some random pages 
> containing some far fetched claims, that it make it so.
> 
> Whatever.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> R.

The OSI is the originator of the term open source, and the defining thereof.

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