> Mark Rauterkus : Okay, I'm missing a few obvious > points in this dialog I guess as I'm wondering about > some basic questions. Sorry. Things don't fit in my > mind just yet. Alain: That is what communication is all about ! Mark Rauterkus : What is the deal with the MetaCard license? Alain: We develop our GUI more rapidly because we won't have to wait for our interpreter to be ready before proceeding with its GUI. The criticism most often aimed of MetaCard concerns its GUI. So MC gets an open source GUI alternative to its own. That's basically it. Mark Rauterkus : I'm going to assume we'd want OpenKard to piggy-back on MC's engine ... Alain: This is not a gimme. Most of our programmers are preoccupied with our own interpreter. They might even preceive the MC engin as an unwanted competitor (pure speculation). Mark Rauterkus : I'm going to assume OpenKard authorship helpers would have to be keenly aware of MetaCard. Alain: More awareness is better than less, that's for sure, but I don't think that the intimate details of the MC-engin will be necessary in order to create the GUI. Mark Rauterkus : I'm going to assume MC costs $ for a subscription (a value). In turn, the $ for subscription might be provided to OpenKard authors/Partners. Alain: No. It will cost us nothing. It will be licenced to us by MetaCard providing, of course, that we respect their licencing conditions (e.g. to use MC to prototype OpenKard GUI, notably) Mark Rauterkus : What other value comes with being a partner, not counting community POWER? Alain: For us or for them ? Mark Rauterkus : Could non-Partners buy a MetaCard license with own $ and have the same insights and ability to be a partner -- sans the voting rights? Alain: If anyone wants to do something with MetaCard that is not related to OpenKard, then they have to purchase MC like everyone else. We get it free for R&D purposes only. Mark Rauterkus : Is that MetaCard license (for OpenKard partners) something that is "source code" too? Alain: I don't think so. Check with Scott. Mark Rauterkus : The regular buying customers of a MetaCard license does NOT get source code, right? Alain: I don't think so. Check with Scott. Mark Rauterkus : And, I'm going to assume that the replies are speculation / discussions / visions and NOT firm offers. Alain: MetaCard is the only entity that could give you a firm answer concerning the MetaCard engin (evidently). ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
