At 6:42 PM -0700 on 5/7/99, Alain Farmer wrote:

>Alain : (1) Will members be able to resell OpenCard on CDROM, as-is,
>making money by selling the convience of not having to download it ?  

Anthony: I'd say yes. That's what "free software" means, after all.

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>Alain : (2) Or will they bundle some other stuff with it to add enough
>value to their offering to justify forking over money for it ? 

Anthony: I'd imagine most would: It'd make for more sales.

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>Alain : (3) Or will they create original end-user products that they
>will author with OpenCard ? 

Anthony: I'd hope they would do this, too. After all, someone has to
         make the stacks.

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>Alain : (4) Or will we impose a not-for-profit clause ? 

Anthony: Give up any hope of getting any support from the free software
         community if we do this. It also might cause several members of
         the OpenCard group to split off.

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