Sujet : Re: Watcom
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.miscDate : 11. Jun 2024, 04:55:01
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On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 11:49:03 +0300, Anton Shepelev wrote:
Lawrence D'Oliveiro:
[Watcom C] is not "Open Source". It doesn't meet the definition
<https://opensource.org/osd>
The term is bad, then. If the source code is publicly available, it is
only logical to consider the software open-source, as distinct from
closed-source ...
No, it is not. Open Source is very much designed to promote a “remix
culture”; it is not enough to be able to see the source, you must also be
able to mess around with it, and not just for your own use, but to benefit
others as well.
The Free Software definition from the GNU project is very similar, one
might say it is expressing exactly the same principles, just using
different words.
Watcom
Re: Watcom