Re: They've noticed that weird phenomenon, "free open source"!
Philip Charles <[email protected]>
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On Fri, 08 Feb 2013, Robin Sheat wrote: > Kathinka schreef op vr 08-02-2013 om 10:47 [+1300]: > > I'm wondering, will Silverstripe be able to sell its product all > > locked up and untouchable like a MS product? Or does open source > > have to stay alive even when someone builds and sells a packaged > > product using it? > > It's an open source product, and for a job the size of what they've > got, you're never selling them a boxed product anyway. You're selling > them the service of getting their content into it, developing > customisations (which tend to be released to everyone when complete), > maintaining it, training, and so forth. It's 100% compatible with how > free software is supposed to work. I know, because that's what I do > all day with Koha :) > > Robin. > There is a difference btween incorporating FLOSS code into a product and using FLOSS code to create a product. If the latter, then the product is only FLOSS if its owner chooses to make it so. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818 Fax +64 3 488 2875 Mobile 027 663 4453 [email protected] - personal. [email protected] - business _______________________________________________ DunLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug DunLUG Wiki - http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/