From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,e276c1ed16429c03 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!volia.net!news2.volia.net!feed-A.news.volia.net!news.buerger.net!newsfeed.datemas.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "J-P. Rosen" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada is getting more popular! Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:12:25 +0200 Organization: Adalog Message-ID: References: <4cc4cb65$0$6985$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <5086cc5e-cd51-4222-a977-06bdb4fb3430@u10g2000yqk.googlegroups.com> <14fkqzngmbae6.zhgzct559yc.dlg@40tude.net> <8732ea65-1c69-4160-9792-698c5a2e8615@g13g2000yqj.googlegroups.com> <4cc60705$0$23764$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4cc6753c$0$23756$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4cc71e08$0$23758$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4cc87d7a$0$23755$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4cc912e1$0$23761$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:12:30 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx01.eternal-september.org; posting-host="O1RkH+WVNUV47UyqsXe2BA"; logging-data="32486"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+qa5AZtr7quWVpn28Bnqh5" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.9.2.11) Gecko/20101013 Thunderbird/3.1.5 In-Reply-To: <4cc912e1$0$23761$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Cancel-Lock: sha1:eQwMNoWXtuoqwO8e80LPE+tZf1s= Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14887 Date: 2010-10-28T11:12:25+02:00 List-Id: Le 28/10/2010 08:06, Thomas Løcke a écrit : > I understand the GPL and I understand the OSI definition. > > It just so happens that I think of open source in broader terms. When I > buy a piece of software, I consider it open source if I have access to > the source, if I can freely tinker with it for my own needs and if I can > keep maintaining the software after official support has been dropped > for it by the vendor. Redistribution is not a requirement. > Yes. I agree that "Open Source" should mean software where the source is open, and the more restrictive view should be called "free". After all, FOSS means "free and open source software", so there must be a difference... I also think that "object oriented design" should refer to a design whose structure is oriented by the notion of object, which does not necessarily imply classification and inheritence. The latter should better be called "classification oriented design". But it's not the way those terms are used. Sigh... -- --------------------------------------------------------- J-P. Rosen (rosen@adalog.fr) Adalog a déménagé / Adalog has moved: 2 rue du Docteur Lombard, 92441 Issy-les-Moulineaux CEDEX Tel: +33 1 45 29 21 52, Fax: +33 1 45 29 25 00