Open Source Licence (LGPL or GPL) - Reality Check

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Thu Sep 11 20:47:01 EDT 2003


J. Landman Gay wrote:

> The object of the open source group, as I understand it, will be to
> maintain the existing IDE so that it continues to function with each new
> Revolution release. I'm in agreement with Richard that changes should be
> minimal and non-intrusive. Folks who want to add new functionality to
> their setup can do it, just as most of us have already done, by dropping
> plug-ins or backscripts into our MC setups.
> 
> At least, that's my understanding of how it works. I'm sure if I'm off
> track someone will say so.

That reflects my understanding of the group's preference, as described in my
"candidacy statement" as a representative of the Lazy Programmer's Party. :)

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