licensing issues

[Marielle Lange]

Alain Farmer wrote:
> P.S.: For what it is worth, and I realize that it
> might sound like folly to you, I suggest that you
> lessen your licencing grip, allow building custom
> standalones for ALL licences, allow the Rev-based
> authoring of tools that might 'compete' with Rev (it
> is much more likely that they will *complement* it).

Alain, I fully agree.

With a target market of creative users, this may not be the best  
thing to do.

At least Lego opted for the opposite approach and they apparently  
never looked back.
http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2000110701304PSCYHW
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.02/lego.html
"When programmers started fooling around with the proprietary code  
used in the microcomputers included with Lego Mindstorms robotic  
kits, Lego had to decide whether they should batten down the data- 
hatches or invite the hackers in to play."

Runrev, in contrast, bit by bit, is erasing more and more of the L in  
pLay. I personally deeply regret this.

Marielle


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