Misleading connotation in BBC story

[Bruce R. Montague]

Hi, the BBC has headlined a story, "Linux steps into the
limelight", which contains what I think is a quite misleading
line:
  
  "Linux is unique in that its code is open source, 
  meaning anyone can look it and modify it, as long as  
  they agree to share their changes with everyone else."

See:
   
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/technology/3436289.stm

While this sentence is strictly true about Linux due to
the last clause in the sentence ("as long as they agree 
to share their changes with everyone else."), the 
implication regarding Linux being unique, namely that:

  "Linux is unique in that its code is open source,"        
  
couldn't be more wrong.

This article also seems to have a somewhat limited notion
of the definition of open source.  Maybe someone has an
article or somesuch that they could commend to the folks
at the BBC? Additionally, the article appears to be about
the same conference described in:
 
 http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=4368

at which it appears there was considerably FreeBSD
interest.



 - bruce