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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