[Fsf-friends] [OFFTOPIC] Three views on Free/Libre and Open Source Software...

Ramakrishnan M gnu@vsnl.net
28 Nov 2002 00:20:59 +0530


 || On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:00:51 +0530
 || Mahesh T Pai <paivakil@vsnl.net> wrote: 

 mtp> energon wrote:
 >> Anybody care to relate GPL software with the science of Ayurveda ?
 >> (since Ayurveda is non-proprietory, and doesn't have any side effects
 >> ;) errm...strings attached :)

 mtp> Well, we are on topic actually. Both have much in common.  Ayurveda,
 mtp> like s/w, is knowledge based.  Ayurveda, unlike some s/w licensing
 mtp> schemes, keeps the knowledge public.  Here, it is like the GNU GPL.

I would say it is more like the BSD license. Anyone can make propreitary
solutions out of it.

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