> Alain Farmer and I had extensive communication about this, but
> apparently he's still "off the air" and probably won't even have a
> record of what was discussed when he returns since apparently all his
> backups are gone for good. Here are some snippets of what I had
> written to him previously with his comments. Apologies in advance for
> quoting him out of context on a public list, but since he's hard to
> get a hold of, there really isn't any alternative other than waiting,
> and it seems to me too much of that has been done already:
<SNIP>
Thank-you for posting that Scott, I have long been wondering about
this issue. I'm not quite sure where to go from here on this issue
though, licences are well out of my league. However, I think that
the ideas suggested (ie having a licence master and exchanging
the licence for a specific amount of work etc) are well founded.
While I hate to do this to myself perhaps it would also be wise to
limit the copy of MetaCard by marking each card with a message
stating this copy of MetaCard is for use with UFP projects only or
something similar. The other advantage would be that we could
tinker with the UI much easier without having to say, I will do this
just to get a copy of MetaCard. This would allow greater
collaboration. Also, I would much prefer to have to deal with
restrictions in the copy of MetaCard the UFP receives than to have
MetaCard come out badly from the deal. Strategic alliances
between the UFP, OpenCard and the other xTalk makers could be
extremely beneficial for all involved.
What are other people's thoughts on this issue? Has anyone
proposed a specific licencing agreement for openCard to adopt
yet? Anyone with any ideas on how to protect MetaCard's
interests while still benefitting the UFP as much as possible?
> Scott Raney
Adrian Sutton.
