nvidia

[Antonio Olivares]

--- Frank Cox <theatre at sasktel.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:24:35 +0800
> Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com> wrote:
> 
> > OK...  By that I take it there is no one
> universally accepted definition of
> > those terms.  Otherwise, there would be no need
> for all the different
> > flavors of the "free" licenses.  GPLv2, GPLv3,
> FreeBSD, etc...
> 
> Each one of those licenses serves a particular
> purpose or need.  (Whether each
> one is actually required is a different question.)
> 
> With regard to Free Software in particular, in the
> modern computer industry,
> the generally accepted definition of Free Software
> (notice the capitalization)
> is the definition that is provided and promoted by
> the Free Software
> Foundation.  Which is what I sent you to see.
> 
> It's a kind of an "industry standard definition",
> for lack of a better term.
> 
> Many industrial trades, for example, use otherwise
> common terms that mean
> something "special" in terms of their specific
> industry.  Free Software is a
> good example of an otherwise common term that has a
> special meaning in the
> computer industry.
> 
> -- 
> MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~
> http://www.melvilletheatre.com
> 
> -- 
Users are invited to look at the following pages for
more resources/to gain a better understanding of the
meanings of Open Source:  

Open Source page:
http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd

Licenses by Category:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/category

Regards,

Antonio 

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