[Info-vax] An alternative history of computing

[Dave Froble]

On 7/25/2021 8:41 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-07-24, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>
>> A protocol is open if it itself is documented.
>>
>> Other protocols on top of it can be open or closed without
>> impacting that.
>>
>> There are also closed protocols on top of TCP/IP - that
>> does not make TCP/IP closed.
>>
>
> Those lower levels exist to provide services to the higher application
> levels. There is an expected set of core functionality at application
> level in order for a protocol to be useful and you can't call something
> open if you can't implement that expected set of functionality using the
> public standards.
>
> Simon.
>

I'm pretty sure if you're naming a product, you could call it just about 
anything you want to call it.  Even "Open Software".  I'm guessing that 
"name" hasn't been copyrighted ...

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