Apple and Open Source
Jules Bean
jmlb2 at hermes.cam.ac.uk
Thu Mar 18 14:20:41 UTC 1999
On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Richard Stallman wrote:
> I believe that if we can get Eric to stop calling it Open Source when it
> ain't even close, we have a chance to convince Apple to play nice.
>
> IS Eric calling it "open source"? Has the Open Source Initiative said
> anything yet about this license? I would not expect them to endorse a
> license which does not give permission to distribute modified
> versions.
>
> I have sent mail to fetch a copy of the license so I can see what it
> says.
I'm afraid Eric is.
It says this in Apple's license FAQ.
Yesterday, SPI and Bruce Perens sent Apple a gentle open letter, welcoming
the move, but not proclaiming it OS.
http://perens.com/APSL.html
Today (at least, today in my personal time zone ;), Eric rebutted that, at
http://lwn.net/1999/0318/a/raymond.html
If I gather from the above that you don't have web access from where you
are, Richard, I'm happy to email you any/all of the above.
Jules
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