Re: Lua: open source or not?

[Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@...>]

> >From this page:
> 
> http://www.lua.org/about.html
> 
> "Lua is not an open-source project, with code contributed by several people: all code is written by us.".
> 
> >From this page:
> 
> http://www.lua.org/license.html
> 
> "Lua is certified Open Source software."
> 
> Are the words "open source" being used in different ways here?

Yes. In the first link, it applies to the project; in the second, it
applies to the software. An "open-source project" has one meaning, an
"open-source software" has another.  The project is not open source, the
software (the result of the project) is.


> Assuming the license is indeed open source, the statement on the
> about.html page is a bit misleading.

Yes, it may be misleading nevertheless.

-- Roberto