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Open Source 2626 Responses
Last post: 5 years ago | Thread started: Sep 11, 03, 9:49 a.m.
- sparker
discuss what? how it is good to develop in an open-source framework, or how it is bad because there is less "support" and less "stable" production releases of software?
how about that people think open-source means "free for the taking" when really it doesn't.
there are countless pros and cons to this topic....narrow it down a tid-bit and you'll have a better discussion.
:)


- Dog-earSep 11, 03, 10:04 a.m. – Permalink
- sparker
you can develop in an open-source model and still get paid. i do.
open-source software can cost money. open-source and the gpl require you to include source with your distro...it doesn't say it has to be free.
you are giving someone the right to tinker with your code...and they do so at their own risk. the only restriction is they make available the modifications to the code they made, so someone else can find them useful.


- Dog-earSep 11, 03, 10:21 a.m. – Permalink
- mitsu
i'm not grazy about the gpl... though i can see where it does serve a purpose.
all of my code that i open source will be free with no obligations whatsoever... meaning you don't have to give me any credit, even if you make a profit.
what really blows me away is people that try to copyright their javascript code... i just can't help but laugh...
there's an option to view source for a reason...


- Dog-earSep 11, 03, 10:26 a.m. – Permalink
- Nirvous
SCO : 4 words : Show me the code.
To date SCO is suing everyone and anyone with Linux, but to date has not shown one scrap, one byte, one piece of code they claim is illegal. Suck on it SCO.
If your not on Linux this makes no sense to you, but then again, a one button mouse is silly to me. :) Long live the fighters.


- Dog-earSep 11, 03, 1:09 p.m. – Permalink
- sparker
because graphic artists usually don't provide the original material with their completed works.
if you use a photo for something, but the finished work doesn't resemble that photo anymore, do you give the photo to the client to re-use and alter as they see fit?
graphic designers/artists don't take kindly to people 're-working' their vision to suite their own needs.
i could care less if someone takes an application i write and changes something to make it work for their needs. would you let a client change the color scheme or the typography of a design?
i doubt it.
that is like comparing apples to potatos at that point.
:)


- Dog-earSep 11, 03, 2:41 p.m. – Permalink


