(3) most of the other open source projects
>are GPL, and require the spread of GPL to anyone using
>their source. If we become GPL too, then we will be
>able to take advantage of existing open-source
>code/projects. Projects like Netscape's Gecko, and
>MacPerl's OSA code, come to mind.
Alain,
I'm not sure we could use this without trouble (after all, this other GPL
code could still make your standalone fall under the GPL, I'm afraid), but
LGPL code would certainly work, and also we'd ensure that FreeCard remains
free and isn't suddenly sacked.
>Alain: Humm .. That's a tough nut to crack. When is a
>stack a FreeCard clone? This is further complicated by
>the fact that many of FreeCard's components will be,
>in fact, FreeCard stacks.
>
>* components such as: scriptEditor, messageWatcher,
>variableWatcher, dialogs of all kinds, etc ... are
>likely to be freeCard stacks, instead of external
>resources/windows (as discussed recently).
That's not yet tough. If you just ship the whole editing environment with
a standalone, you're evidently trying to re-sell FreeCard. A real program
will at most need a few parts of this whole environment.
>Alain: How would you legally evaluate whether a
>FreeCard standalone competes with FreeCard itself?
As I said, I'm still investigating this. Maybe Eric can help here, him
being our only legalese-spoken person.
Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
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