Mark Weaver mdw1982@mdw1982.com wrote:
And thats as it should be. Guess I'll need to bone up on what is and isn't free software.
Once again, I will re-iterate my "eccentric" suggestions: - Freedomware (Open Standard, Open Source) - Standardware (Open Standard, Proprietary Source) - Sourceware (Proprietary Standard, Open Source) - Commerceware (Proprietary Standard, Proprietary Source)
The Java API itself is an open standard.
Sun JRE/JDK is almost Standardware, but should be considered Commerceware (standard with redistribution clause), at least I've never seen the sourcecode of the JRE/JDK. Blackdown JRE/JDK is almost Freedomware, but should be considered Sourceware(standard with redistribution clause due to license). I believe IBM JRE/JDK is CPL (MPL-like) Standardware or Freedomware, depending on source code availablility (clean room design, even if Java itself is under license), but I could be wrong.
Open Source MP3 codecs are Sourceware (standard with IP issues). Ogg codecs are Freedomware.
I know people think I'm arrogant for suggesting these names, but in my consulting endeavors, several legal departments have thanked me for my suggestions. The fact that I don't stand for the oversimplification of a 1-dimension of "open" and "proprietary" and try to separate them each out into 2-dimensions against "standards" and "source."