metacard Digest, Vol 14, Issue 7

[Dr.John R.Vokey]

Richard,
   I don't think you answered the question Robert Brenstein asked.  So, 
with FlipsIDE currently, if I have some low-level RR license (i.e., not 
Enterprise), what happens when I flip to MC?  Are the standalone 
builder stacks locked out somehow?  With DreamCard, for example, I 
don't need standalone capabilities, but I do need MC (like others, I 
just can't get the hang of the RR IDE).  (BTW, I love the name, 
FlipsIDE---nice pun).

On 9-Nov-04, at 10:00 AM, metacard-request at lists.runrev.com wrote:

>> If FlipsIDE (or is that Flipsy?) allows people to use MC IDE with any
>> Rev license, we can expect more people actually using it, no?  I am 
>> all
>> for having more people using MC IDE. But will RR agree to that? I 
>> gather
>> you, Richard, must have already discussed this with them. I refer to 
>> MC
>> IDE providing functionality currently restricted to enterprise license
>> of Rev, so people could get extra features without paying. Or will the
>> Rev license restrictions be observed regardless whether running Rev 
>> IDE
>> or MC IDE? That would be cool.
>
> Kevin has been supportive of FlipsIDE, and has even helped me debug it
> (though I should probably note that that doesn't mean RunRev has any
> obligation to support it; I appreciate his help but it's definitely not
> a RunRev plugin, but a third-party one).
>
> There's a proposal floating around in Bugzilla to put the Rev license
> scheme fully into the engine as it was with MetaCard.  This would mean
> that the engine could be used with any combination of IDEs without
> risking licensing issues.  I don't know when that will be implemented,
> but yes, there does seem to be an interest in moving in that direction.
>
> PS: It's definitely "FlipsIDE", as in "Flips IDE", if for no other
> reason than to maintain the tradition of cutey-pie names begun with my
> UmbrellaMan plugin (which catches events like an umbrella).  :)
>
> -- 
>   Richard Gaskin
>   Fourth World Media Corporation
>
--
John R. Vokey, PhD
Professor
B.E.R.G. - Behaviour and Evolution Research Group
Micro-Cognition Laboratory
Department of Psychology & Neuroscience
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 3M4
CANADA