Re: [Condor-users] is condor open source?

["Matt Hope" <matthew.hope@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/11/07, o c <send_junk_here_10101@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Apparently this question is a source of great
> amusement to long time Condor users.

:)

> The developers insist on referring to it as open
> source. I have heard Miron Livny and Dan Bradley do so
> in talks.
>
> The "ask and we'll consider it" approach is not
> typical of what people understand by the term "open
> source", but then it is an ambiguous phrase, I guess.
>
> Condor folks: is there any hope that it will become
> open source in the normal way even if the code is
> untidy/hard to compile/any other reason that has been
> quoted for current situation?

IMHO I suspect that the recent focus on security issues is indicative
of a desire to fix one the (percieved) critical issues before opening
the source to the world.

I make no value judgements either way as to the utility or otherwise
of the above - just making a guess :)

Matt