free code
Posted by
Ray Henry
on 2000-02-25 15:25:11 UTC
There is an excellent article by Bill Roberts, "The foibles of free code"
in the Feb 2000 issue of Electronic Business. You can read it at
http://www.eb-mag.com/ It is the center article.
Some concern was expressed recently that since EMC was distributed as
public domain code that those of us who use it might suffer. Bill says,
"First, let's clear up a common misconception. Open source is not the same
as public domain code. When an author places his or her software in the
public domain, he or she gives up all rights to dictate what can and cannot
be done to it. Like public domain, open source code is free, but it comes
with restrictions spelled out in the license." p57
Ray
in the Feb 2000 issue of Electronic Business. You can read it at
http://www.eb-mag.com/ It is the center article.
Some concern was expressed recently that since EMC was distributed as
public domain code that those of us who use it might suffer. Bill says,
"First, let's clear up a common misconception. Open source is not the same
as public domain code. When an author places his or her software in the
public domain, he or she gives up all rights to dictate what can and cannot
be done to it. Like public domain, open source code is free, but it comes
with restrictions spelled out in the license." p57
Ray