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Re: [LUG] Google Wave Invites?

 

On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:20:47 +0000
Steven Côté wrote:

> >
> > Sure, it might be handy, but it's Google, which means it'll do
> > things it's own
> > way, a la gmail, gmane etc.
> >
> 
> The biggest difference here is that those examples were the Google
> implementation of existing protocols. What's intersting about this is
> that it's a completely new protocol and will (eventually) be opened
> up for people to make their own implementations. They've also
> publicly stated that they'll be releasing their implementation as
> open source once it's ready.

Surely that kinda goes against the ethos of "open source" though (or
rather, of Free Software)? Who decides when it "is ready"?  I don't
like carrot dangling - if you're going to "open source" something in
the end, why not do it now?

Grant.

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