Open source dmd on Reddit!

[Leandro Lucarella]

Don, el  8 de marzo a las 07:39 me escribiste:
> Gregor Richards wrote:
> >I sort of hate to throw myself into the fray, especially since my studies have 
> >kept me more-or-less detached from D entirely, but ...
> >I realize people are going to misuse the term Open Source. However, the term is 
> >NOT generic, and DOES have a specific meaning; it is in fact trademarked, and 
> >using it to describe software that does not fit the Open Source Definition is 
> >in violation of the trademark. 
> 
> Wow! I didn't know that. It's not going to stay that way for long, in fact I'd 
> be surprised if a court case right now didn't rule that it's already become 
> generic. For example, I have never *once* seen it written as "Open Source(TM)". 
> And I've read dozens of GNU sites.

I don't know if Open Source is a TM, but I'm sure you can't find
information about it in GNU sites =)

GNU advocates Free Software instead of Open Source. It's very similar but
not the same, Free Sowftware is more "viral".

> But more
> >importantly than that, it's confusing to the loads of people out here who use 
> >F/OSS and depend on the freedoms it provides. Without redistribution rights, 
> >F/OSS is substantially less valuable, as it doesn't provide any escape if the 
> >original creator loses interest, spontaneously combusts, decides he hates 
> >giving away his source and closes it again, etc, etc, etc.
> 
> 
> I had thought that open = !closed. With this release, DMD is definitely not 
> closed source.

Well, I think it's closed. I just opened a window to peak inside =)

> Your comments imply that there's actually 3 states: open, closed, and
> inbetween.  Which is pretty confusing. (BTW, it's not clear to me that
> "open source" and "Open Source" are the same).

I think Open Source has a well established meaning, whether you like it or
not (as well as Free Software). If you use that term with another meaning
you are just confusing people (and even pissing off people who try to make
a stand with FLOSS). Unless you want to buy some publicity with the fuzz,
it's better not to do it =)

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