“In your article [“Open source software for Windows NT” by Rawn
Shah], you imply that free software, which is defined by the GPL,
and open source, which is defined by OpenSource.org, are
equivalent. There are a number of ideas for “OSS” software in your
article that would be allowable under some OSS licenses but not
under the GPL — that is, with free software. You are thereby
implying that they are allowable under the idea “free software.”
Your article totally fails to capture the spirit or idea of both
free and open source software. You spend a large amount of time
discussing how to make money whilst limiting your customer’s
freedom of software usage.”
“Please, before you write another article on this, immerse
yourself for a while in the OSS community…”