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Election 2006 (and beyond): Digital Copyright Canada
From: russell_-at-_flora.ottawa.on.ca (Russell McOrmond)
Date: 24 Jan 2000 10:26:13 -0500
A reply! We'll see whether this change to the definition of
"proprietary" will help make the previous confusion go away.
The change should show up here:
http://www.hack.gr/jargon/html/P/proprietary.html
Which previously said:
1. In marketroid-speak, superior; implies a product imbued with
exclusive magic by the unmatched brilliance of the company's own
hardware or software designers. 2. In the language of hackers and
users, inferior; implies a product not conforming to open-systems
standards, and thus one that puts the customer at the mercy of a vendor
able to gouge freely on service and upgrade charges after the initial
sale has locked the customer in.
For those that did not see my submission, it is here:
http://russell.flora.org/work/commercial-software.html
I asked for permission to forward his message, and got this reply:
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Russell McOrmond <russell@flora.ottawa.on.ca>:
> Do you mind if I forward your reply to a local discussion group?
Go ahead. Here's the new text:
Since the coining of the term @es{open source}, many hackers
have made a conscious effort to distinguish between
@ta{proprietary} and @ta{commercial} software. It is possible
for software to be commercial (that is, intended to make a profit
for the producers) without being proprietary. The reverse is
also possible, for example in binary-only freeware.
@comment from Russell McOrmond <russell@linux.ca>, 21 Dec 1999
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Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://russell.flora.org/work/>
Growth Follows Rail: <http://www.flora.org/flora.afo/2616>
<http://russell.flora.org/work/open-links.html#abuse>
Boycott AMAZON.COM, Unisys (BurnAllGifs), ETOYS.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:32:07 -0500
From: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
To: Russell McOrmond <russell@linux.ca>
Cc: jargon@thyrsus.com, russell@flora.org
Subject: Re: http://russell.flora.org/work/commercial-software.html
Russell McOrmond <russell@linux.ca>:
> I would like to submit the following for 'Commercial software'.
I think I'm going to deal with this by making an addendum to the existing
definition of `proprietary'.
--
<a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr">Eric S. Raymond</a>
Strict gun laws are about as effective as strict drug laws...It pains
me to say this, but the NRA seems to be right: The cities and states
that have the toughest gun laws have the most murder and mayhem.
-- Mike Royko, Chicago Tribune
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