>Choosing to go without a trademark and choosing to go directly to the public
>domain without any other license clauses would be two of the early decisions
>that would help to make OpenCard a classic, world-wide, life-changing
>resource and you all here would be aboard an elevator to the status of
>cult-heros.
Mark,
I on my part (and I think I can pretty surely say I speak for most on this
list in this regard) didn't come on board to become a cult hero. Not that I
wouldn' like that, but the original goal was to create a HyperCard that's
not just fit for the next decade, but that also takes advantage of new
system features and is cross-platform. In that regard, we want to establish
an institution users can rely on -- an "official" OpenCard distribution
site. If it takes a trademark to ensure nobody diverts or disturbs people
by using the same name, we'll use it.
We're not trying to do philosophy here, leave that to people like Richard
Stallman. Our first and foremost objective is to ensure HyperCard will be
available to future generations, with the features promised for HC 3 and
more.
>How about an agreement to go forward to, say Jan 2002 under a "Public
>Domain" license and a "non-Trademark" approach. Then at that time, we hold
>an OpenCard summit of sorts. From there, folks who want to fork can do so
>with grace and honor to the community.
No. That wouldn't be free. Everybody is free to fork, anytime.
>Much praise and notice will come to the endeavor if we all choose to "Walk
>the Talk" and run with OpenCard as an inspired and fully open approach.
Many people joined this out of an -- in my terminology -- egoist approach
(I don't want to restart the discussion): They want to use OpenCard as a
tool. At least this applies to me; a computer is a tool, as are
applications. I don't care what my computer runs on, be it a box of
hamsters or what-have-you. Me, and others, want to ensure their most
valuable tool stays available. I do not plan to earn much praise for that,
rather I want to get the job done. This requires organization, but I don't
"dig" in such philosophy.
Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
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