Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 20:18:46 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk> To: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Al Gore wants out source code! Message-ID: <19990804201846.F272@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <002201bedead$6f4abcb0$021d85d1@youwant.to>; from David Schwartz on Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 12:13:29PM -0700 References: <19990804195957.B272@marder-1> <002201bedead$6f4abcb0$021d85d1@youwant.to>
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On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 12:13:29PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote:
> >
> > 'In the spirit of the Open Source movement, we have established
> > the Gore 2000 Volunteer Source Code Project. www.algore2000.com is
> > an "open site"
> > .....
>
> So does this mean I can take anything I like off of his web
> page, modify it as I see fit, and then distribute it?
I doubt it or his political opponents would have a field day :-)
> If not, it's not in the spirit of the Open Source movement at
> all. The OS movement is not about 100 volunteers submitting
> modifications in private to one person for exclusive use by that one
> person.
>
I think this is more a case of someone who doesn't have the first
clue about what Open Source is, or the Internet for that matter.
The article I referred to also included:
'Gore likes to boost his profile as a promoter of high tech and
caused ROFLs from the computer cognosenti last May by claiming:
"During my servide in the US Congress, I took the initiative in
creating the Internet" '
> DS
>
>
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