At 2:52 AM -0800 on 1/21/00, Tom Swell wrote:
>A plug-in kind of facility would allow
>enhancements (like PhotoShop or Netscape), but the basic functionality would
>be universal. Nobody would be allowed to change it.
We've already agreed on open source. Anyone who wants to change it may
(though they may have to call it something else).
>Over time, some plug-ins
>would become extremely popular. After much deliberation, a committee could
>approve their inclusion in the basic structure of FreeCard thus making them
>available to everyone.
>
>When I say nobody would be allowed to change it, I was referring to the
>technical sense that if they change it, they must not redistribute it under
>the name FreeCard.
Oh... ok.
But hte proble m iam pointing out is this:
if: a) We don't want to have some company trake credit for our work
and make it proprietary, and thus disallow it
b) We allow the distribution of standalones without the licence
we decide on (i.e., you can do what you wish with your standalones)
then the world will cease to exist due to a large paradox (well, not
exaclty...)
We can't at the same time demand that OC always be licenced under our
licence and say the opposite.
