Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Webkit Snit Circus Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 15:55:51 -0700 Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: <86549329f10d815d2e5922dee68cf94a@anemone.mooo.com> <041020151852561506%nospam@nospam.invalid> <041020152152398489%nospam@nospam.invalid> <051020150605341292%nospam@nospam.invalid> <6sCdnd7DW9EfWo_LnZ2dnUU7-eWdnZ2d@bresnan.com> <3YidnQCHGf1D54jLnZ2dnUU7-RudnZ2d@bresnan.com> <071020151634124812%nospam@nospam.invalid> <111020152335544417%nospam@nospam.invalid> <121020151218068520%nospam@nospam.invalid> <121020151240208562%nospam@nospam.invalid> <56241899$0$1794$c3e8da3$f017e9df@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 8dmyQZTzVngTPImVudh0nQLMVdW7u0Y9C8y8hHnXU5o8PyyI1K Cancel-Lock: sha1:8GX7gZOFFE5CIoasoJe4N5E5XgI= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.36.0.130206 Thread-Topic: Webkit Snit Circus Thread-Index: AdEJ+CK/adKM70V8Z0qdBM0ki/nWLQ== Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.freeware:246745 comp.sys.mac.system:83760 comp.os.linux.advocacy:326984 On 10/18/15, 3:09 PM, in article 56241899$0$1794$c3e8da3$f017e9df@news.astraweb.com, "JF Mezei" wrote: > On 2015-10-18 17:22, Peter Köhlmann wrote: > >> Which is what I already wrote. >> But imbeciles like "nospam" or Snit Michael Glasser (both are typical Mac >> users) will never admit that. That Glasser swine even claims to have a "kind >> of ownership" to GPL software > > Isn't it possible a company to open source some of their software, but > retain rights to it and management of the open sources version ? What do you mean retain rights to the management. Depends on the open source license, but generally if you make the source open people can use it and alter it. > aka, company X is the one that approves and incorporates changes made to > the official version, and then makes the new version available to anyone ? They can do that - but others can fork it... or make their own versions. > or does "open source" absolutelty require nobody is in control of the > source code and any pre-pubescent teenager can incoroporate changes into > the main distribution ? It does not. For example, with WebKit, Apple has 100% control of what goes into WebKit (and what does not). Google can fork it and make Blink (and they did!) but that does not change that Apple and Apple alone is 100% in control of WebKit (and Google is in control of Blink). -- * OS X / Linux: What is a file? * Mint MATE Trash, Panel, Menu: * Mint KDE working with folders: * Mint KDE creating files: * Mint KDE help: * Mint KDE general navigation: * Mint KDE bugs or Easter eggs? * Easy on OS X / Hard on Linux: * OS / Word Processor Comparison: