LL-L "Resources" 2004.07.05 (09) [E]

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From: Henry Pijffers <henry.pijffers at saxnot.com>
Subject: LL-L "Resources" 2004.07.05 (04) [E]

Kenneth Rohde Christiansen <kenneth.christiansen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> In short: Open source software is software of which the source is
> available to anyone (almost always for free, but that's not a
> requirement). Anyone may make modifications and/or redistribute the
> software (without fees having to be payed to the author(s)).
> --
>
> Well open source is complicated because there are various different
> licenses :) but generally it means what you said. Well, the most known
> license is the GPL which requires you to always distribute the source
> code (FOR FREE!) and if you make changes to the source (which is
> allowed) you have to distribute the source code to those changes as
> well (for free).
>
No, not for free, that's a common misconception. The point is: you have
to charge everybody equally, with no exclusion for certain fields of
endeavours. The open source definition does not say per definition that
you have to share the source for free. However, 99.99% of open source
software is distributed for free.

As, for example, the GPL says:

Preamble: [Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that
you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge
for this service if you wish)]

Clause 1: [You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a
copy] (copy meaning of the source code)

Anyway, that doesn't matter much, since virtually every bit of open
source software is distributed gratis. That means we can get the source
code, translate it to Saxon (or whatever non-represented minority
language you like), and publish the translated software (preferrably
compiled). We could for example put together an Internet suite and
translate it into Saxon. Or OpenOffice (which is like Microsoft Office).
Or both.

regards,
Henry

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