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

[Khuzaima A. Lakdawala]

On 28 Nov 2002 00:20:59 +0530, gnu@vsnl.net (Ramakrishnan M) wrote:

>  || 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.

Actually, we cannot liken it to any particular licensing scheme
because there is no copyright!

The status of Ayurvedic knowledge can best be described as `in the
public domain'.


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Khuzaima