>I'd probably wind up writing it :( But it's your code, and if you want to
>charge $100 for it, it's your perrogative.
Hi,
jsut for the record: I won't charge that fee. It was just an example.
Phew. I feel better now.
>I definitely want people to be able to create commercial, shareware, and
>freeware applications. Because I'll be one of the people doing it!
PD allows this. PD is the ultimate free license. Everyone owns his copy of
a PD program completely (but not exclusively).
>We'd have to be a little more specific. Otherwise, it'd end up burried and
>no one would ever see it.
Of course. I just want to get started. We need a general line before we
can work on the details.
>Well, some artwork has to be part of OpenCard: Someone has to draw the tool
>icons. Someone has to design the built-in icons.
Well, icons could be shipped as separate libraries and the toolbar icons
would have to be the same license as the OC application.
*But* I think we should limit icons and other graphics in OC to use only
with OC. That is, no one except the creator of the icons should be allowed
to use the icons outside an OpenCard stack, e.g. by copying it into a C/C++
program etc. The graphics *shouldn't* be PD.
>As far as how people licence their stacks, is, well, up to them. At least
>in my opinion it should be.
Yup. But with parts of OC we have to be more careful.
>I did not say money. Just "something to gain." For most of us, a better
>version of HyperCard.
Noted.
>Should they not be allowed to sell OpenCard? Remember, no one would have to
>buy it -- since it's free software, you can get it off a friend or download
>it -- but there is a lot more convenience to a CD than a 10mb download.
This is not selling OpenCard to me. That would be selling the CD-ROM and
the cost of creating it and maybe a bit more to balance for downloading it,
including enough to pay everyone involved in creating the CD. But you
shouldn't be allowed to put OC alone on a CD-ROM and then to charge people
for every copy of OC they make from this CD. I.e. a license for OC is
always for an unlimited number of users.
Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
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