Scilab is not open source

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Scilab is not open source
by Frodo on Wednesday 31/Jan/2007, @16:53

Um, except that Scilab is not a "real" open-source project. In fact, it is not "open source" at all according to the commonly-accepted OSI definition, despite the Scilab web page's prominent claim to be an "open source platform".

In particular, their license prohibits commercial redistribution of modified versions.

(And if you're about to object, "But who cares about that?", think about it: it gives a single organization, INRIA, an effective monopoly over commercial support for Scilab. If all free software had that restriction, commercial Linux distros would basically be out of business and the world would be quite different.)

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