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  • 12-02-2005 5:20pm
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    WizZard
    Registered Users Posts: 6,762 ✭✭✭


    First post! :D

    Trojan, is this just for normal Open Source stuff, or can we also post up examples of our own code (should it be under under GPL etc)?


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    chewy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭chewy


    great far more useful then david hasselhof


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    #3
    Ciaran500
    Registered Users Posts: 8,225 ✭✭✭Ciaran500


    Carefull! They're watching us all.


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    #4
    OfflerCrocGod
    Registered Users Posts: 6,306 ✭✭✭OfflerCrocGod


    What's the point of this forum?


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    #5
    galwaydude18
    Registered Users Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭galwaydude18


    WTF is all this about? I cant make out what its for! any info is appreciated! Thanks Wizzard!


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    #6
    Nukem
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 4,082 Mod ✭✭✭✭Nukem


    \What dis 4 ????


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    #7
    popinfresh
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 729 ✭✭✭popinfresh


    Every forum needs it "first post" thread :rolleyes:


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    Talliesin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭Talliesin


    Excellent idea for a board. Nice one.


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    Static M.e.
    Registered Users Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭Static M.e.


    Great Idea for a board !


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    Orion
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    Static M.e. wrote:
    Great Idea for a board !

    Thanks ;):D


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    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    You might want to change the title to OSS/FS before the FS guys get over here to open a can of whoopass on you. Or at the very least be pedantic in the extreme... :)


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    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    Huh? FS? For Sale?


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    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Macros42 wrote:
    Huh? FS? For Sale?
    Free Software. There's a difference.


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    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    dahamsta wrote:
    Free Software. There's a difference.

    /me slaps head - it's been a long week.

    I would say that this is an OSS forum. The Open Source movement is big enough to warrant it's own forum imo as distinct from merely free software. Free Software that isn't Open Source can continue to be listed on this thread.


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    Scarinae
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 11,362 ✭✭✭✭Scarinae


    Sorry, I'm still confused - what is open source?


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    OfflerCrocGod
    Registered Users Posts: 6,306 ✭✭✭OfflerCrocGod


    Fishie wrote:
    Sorry, I'm still confused - what is open source?
    The source code of the program is available for all to see and study, so if you want to read the code of the application you can do it. Usually the license also makes the code free to modify but you can also have licenses where it's still under control of a company - most people wouldn't classify that as open source but you can see the source so it's open to me :)


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    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    OfflerCrocGod wrote:
    Usually the license also makes the code free to modify but you can also have licenses where it's still under control of a company - most people wouldn't classify that as open source but you can see the source so it's open to me
    That should be considered Open Source by all, but it wouldn't be considered Free Software. The distinctions between the two are often blurred incorrectly.


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    scojones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭scojones


    Open Source != Free Software.


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    #19
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,827 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Open Source is free as in speach , depending on the license used , you can sell it and charge for maintainance and development but you can't pass it off as your own. AFAIK even Microsoft ship Open Source modules.

    Happily it's usually also free as in Beer.

    But even where it is a chargable product you could recompile your own version or incorprate it into your own program.


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