[Fsf-friends] [OFFTOPIC] Three views on Free/Libre and Open Source Software...
Khuzaima A. Lakdawala
klak@giasbm01.vsnl.net.in
29 Nov 2002 15:59:53 +0530
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