Zul22 wrote:
@Jaclaz:
Sorry, I should have written "a formerly open source project".
The authors of NFI Defraser do not describe their project as being open source ; it's just that I could find the sources for the 1.3.0 version. The BSD licence does not force any author to (re-)distribute the sources of a software, not to (re-)distribute it at all. It just fix how a software should be redistributed if it is.
Sure, not at all an issue with your description <img src="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /> , but in myperverted mind, if you host a project on sourceforge.net you should also provide the source to it, or - if you prefer - ONLY open source projects should be hosted on sourceforge.
BTW it is also in the terms of the site:
http://slashdotmedia.com/terms-of-use/
Quote::
7. SourceForge.net Submissions/Content
When you submit, post, upload or otherwise provide Code to SourceForge.net, you must designate promptly the software license pursuant to which licensees, including Slashdot Media, obtain rights with respect to such Code. Except as otherwise expressly permitted by these Terms, any Code submitted to SourceForge.net must be licensed to Slashdot Media and other licensees under a license that is: compliant with the Open Source Initiative (“OSI”)’s Open Source Definition (http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd) or certified as an “OSI-Approved License” (http://opensource.org/licenses). And of course an essential part of the Open Source Definition is that the Source should be made available, most probably the Authors consider the "plug-in" a separate project that they "sell" separately.
And it is very possible that also the "plug-in" is actually Open Source, and BSD licensed, but only available in exchange for several hundred bucks, nothing "wrong" in "Commercial, BSD licensed" software.
But still the source for the 1.3.5 version (without the plug-in) is seemingly missing, and this is not anymore "Open Source".
Sorry for the OT <img src="images/smiles/icon_redface.gif" alt="Embarassed" title="Embarassed" /> .
jaclaz
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