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'.