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Re: preparing for the next open-source gfortran release     

Group: comp.lang.fortran · Group Profile · Search for The idea of open source in comp.lang.fortran
Author: Gerry Ford
Date: Mar 12, 2008 01:56

...'ve been working up my game with open-source distros and believe to have come upon a compelling reason not to ... does not have g++. I have no idea how the distribution, 4.3.0-20080127 ..., now that I put equation's open source distro on another user identity: C... that having another user identity shelters a person from path trouble with open-source distros. The point is, I think...
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Re: is free, open source software ethical?     

Group: comp.lang.functional · Group Profile · Search for The idea of open source in comp.lang.functional
Author: Steve O'Hara-Smith
Date: Mar 6, 2008 03:34

... While I empathize with the ideas behind this claim, I also ... need. Is there really an open source application that can compete ... long. I find perfectly adequate open source tools for all my...better than any commercial closed source tools I have yet seen...to be well represented among open source developers. Personally I am...seem to be pretty successful open source developments popular with many...
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Re: is free, open source software ethical?     

Group: comp.lang.functional · Group Profile · Search for The idea of open source in comp.lang.functional
Author: Pascal Bourguignon
Date: Mar 6, 2008 00:16

...'s not clear to me that open source or Free Software has really ...users" need. Is there really an open source application that can compete with Photoshop? With Final Cut? With Excel?... For them, that is... 2. Where open source has been successful is in ...libre software, not prototypes or scratch ideas. -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com...
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Re: is free, open source software ethical?     

Group: comp.lang.functional · Group Profile · Search for The idea of open source in comp.lang.functional
Author: Mark VandeWettering
Date: Mar 5, 2008 22:58

... writes: In the defence of open source software, Richard Stallman was willing to condemn closed source software as unethical. Now here ... While I empathize with the ideas behind this claim, I also ... not clear to me that open source or Free Software has...need. Is there really an open source application that can compete...Cut? With Excel? 2. Where open source has been successful is...
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Re: is free, open source software ethical?     

Group: comp.lang.functional · Group Profile · Search for The idea of open source in comp.lang.functional
Author: Richard Heathfield
Date: Mar 4, 2008 21:48

... term strategy for profit maximisation. Open Source is generally a "goodness .... If a person produces *closed-source* software using tax money, what ... is completely inconsistent with the idea of individual rights*. An individual ... if you write expensive closed-source software, you might also be ... you don't like the idea of free software, don't ... I don't like the idea of expensive tat, so I ...
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Re: is free, open source software ethical?     

Group: comp.lang.functional · Group Profile · Search for The idea of open source in comp.lang.functional
Author: Mark Tarver
Date: Mar 4, 2008 16:21

... medium term strategy for profit maximisation. Open Source is generally a "goodness of...it is completely inconsistent with the idea of individual rights*. В An individual ... concentrate on Free software, not "Open Source", which are different things."... is. 6. В If proprietory closed source cannot compete with FOSS - too ... idealists who subscribe to the open source rhetoric, while they are ...
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Re: is free, open source software ethical?     

Group: comp.lang.functional · Group Profile · Search for The idea of open source in comp.lang.functional
Author: Joost Diepenmaat
Date: Mar 4, 2008 16:14

... utilitarianism - *it is completely inconsistent with the idea of individual rights*. An individual has no rights ...'free beer' (RMS). Quote "you should perhaps concentrate on Free software, not "Open Source", which are different things." UnQuote My argument is with 'free' not OS - ... is. So what? 6. If proprietory closed source cannot compete with FOSS - too bad for ...
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Re: is free, open source software ethical?     

Group: comp.lang.functional · Group Profile · Search for The idea of open source in comp.lang.functional
Author: Mark Tarver
Date: Mar 4, 2008 15:51

... medium term strategy for profit maximisation. Open Source is generally a "goodness of their hearts" phenomenon." Unquote This comes ...it is completely inconsistent with the idea of individual rights*. An individual has...perhaps concentrate on Free software, not "Open Source", which are different things." ...almost is. 6. If proprietory closed source cannot compete with FOSS - too bad...
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Re: is free, open source software ethical?     

Group: comp.lang.functional · Group Profile · Search for The idea of open source in comp.lang.functional
Author: William Ahern
Date: Mar 4, 2008 14:12

... markets work. In the defence of open source software, Richard Stallman was willing to condemn closed source software as unethical. Now here is...". Expenditures the company forwent in sourcing such a product might go to..., and lower cost, than closed-source, proprietary software. In that case, ...similar to Stallman's, touches on ideas about personal autonomy, and power relationships...
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Re: preparing for the next open-source gfortran release     

Group: comp.lang.fortran · Group Profile · Search for The idea of open source in comp.lang.fortran
Author: post
Date: Feb 29, 2008 15:48

...@invalid.net> wrote in message news:1204268678_55777@news.newsgroups.com... I've been working up my game with open-source distros and believe to have come upon a compelling reason not to have more than one on a .... The distribution 4.3.0-20080127 does not have g++. I have no idea how the distribution, 4.3.0-20080127 (possibly from FX) you installed, ...
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