Linux-Watch: Eric Raymond: Yes, "Open Source" Is Still Meaningful

"Writing in O'Reilly's Radar, Nat Torkington argues that the term 'open source' is becoming meaningless. He points to SugarCRM's badgeware, through which, he claims, only two-thirds of their code is downloadable, and rPath and MontaVista, which 'sell software that works on Linux but the software itself isn't actually open source.'

"Open-source leader Eric S. Raymond replied to Torkington's essay in a letter to O'Reilly and several journalists, in which he asserted that the open source 'label is still valid and important. I'm a pragmatist, so I'm not going to wave any flags or sing any anthems to argue this, just point out what has worked and continues to work...'"

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