[ale] Open-source software license manager - OT Driving

[George Carless]

On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 02:02:31PM -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 13:57 -0400, Jeff Lightner wrote:
> > Bad analogy there.   The courts have decided that driving is a
> > "privilege not a right".   
> 
> Exactly.  There are those who perceive driving anywhere as a freedom,
> when in fact it isn't (or it might be compared to say driving in Cuba).
> Again, vantage point is what differs, not the law or legal constraints.

All language is subjective in this regard; what matters is the 
meaning that is understood by most people, or, failing that, that the 
terms in question are well understood.  (This is why so much effort 
has rightly been put into defining "Free Software" and distinguishing 
it from "Open source software.")

But ultimately, of course, it all depends on what your definition of 
"is" is.

--George