Vocabulary readiness for Unit 4

Pauling’s foundational work made possible the discovery of DNA.

While sympathetic to Watson and Crick’s desire to keep the discovery secret...

Delbruk’s allegiance ultimately was to science.

He did not want to keep Pauling in suspense any longer.

One of the poignant themes that runs through the book...

The scientific method rests on a process of discovery.

Pollinating the ideas of others so that something new may grow.

The knowledge that constitutes a running program should be free.

The basic tenet of the GNU project...

Just letting the source code go into the public domain would tempt businesses.

Businesses would co-opt the code for their own profitability.

Provided you do not inhibit others from doing the same...

English handles the distinction here poorly.

It is the distinction between gratis and liberty.

This radical message led many software companies to reject free software outright.

The rift between the computer industry and computer science was acceptable.

The group lacked a campaign devised to win mind share.

The Open Source Definition allows greater promiscuity.

You can take great swaths of the Netscape browser source code.

There was an important dispute that threatened to fracture the Linux community.