On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 18:17 -0400, Rob wrote: > On Thu August 24 2006 15:53, Lee Revell wrote: > > Yes, it is open source (the source is avaliable - QED). It's > > not GPL or free software. > > 1. Linuxsampler is not "open source" any more than Microsoft's > "shared source" initiative releases "open source" software. The > term "open source" is a trademark of the Open Source Initiative, > and as regards software licenses, it may only be used to refer > to licenses conforming to the Open Source Definition created by > OSI. Linuxsampler doesn't conform, because of section 6 in the > OSD: > Wasn't "open source" already in vernacular use before the OSI trademarked it? Lee
