Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 14:47:27 -0800 (PST) From: "Bruce R. Montague" <brucem@mail.cruzio.com> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Misleading connotation in BBC story Message-ID: <200402012247.i11MlRje000627@mail.cruzio.com>
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Hi, the BBC has headlined a story, "Linux steps into the limelight", which contains what I think is a quite misleading line: "Linux is unique in that its code is open source, meaning anyone can look it and modify it, as long as they agree to share their changes with everyone else." See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/technology/3436289.stm While this sentence is strictly true about Linux due to the last clause in the sentence ("as long as they agree to share their changes with everyone else."), the implication regarding Linux being unique, namely that: "Linux is unique in that its code is open source," couldn't be more wrong. This article also seems to have a somewhat limited notion of the definition of open source. Maybe someone has an article or somesuch that they could commend to the folks at the BBC? Additionally, the article appears to be about the same conference described in: http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=4368 at which it appears there was considerably FreeBSD interest. - bruce
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