Living together BUT not married: RR/MC and Linux

[Mathewson]

Now, maybe I'm wrong, but . . .

I believe that it is perfectly legal to download the
Metacard IDE, download a copy of DC/RR, and then transfer
the RR engine across to the Metacard IDE.

I also know that DC/RR is a commercial product.

However, I also know that Novell have some sort of
agreement with RR re the Linux version of RR 2.2.

So Richard Gaskin's point about Open Source (as in
completely and utterly free) versus commercial (as in
completely and utterly proprietary) seems a black-and-white
explanation/view that doesn't really represent the
situation accurately.

I am happily programming away on a Linux box with Novell's
'FREE' version of RR 2.2, and also happily programmking
away with my licensed version of DC 2.6 (recently upgraded
to 2.6.1).

What might be rather a good idea is if people in the know
(i.e. Richard Gaskin, RR staff members, or the people
involved in the MC IDE development) made an explicit
statement as to what is FREE (as in totally and utterly
free), what is SEMI-FREE (Um ?) and what is COMMERCIAL (as
in totally proprietary).

At present I am working on a series of EFL programs for
teaching Primary Children English - some of the programming
is taking place in my Mac (with my licensed DC 2.6.1) and
some on my Ubuntu Pentium 3 (with my Novell RR 2.2.1). As
well as using the resultant Linux standalones in my own
school I should like to let the Ubuntu organisation have
them for FREE (as in totally free) release to Ubuntu users
elsewhere in the world. Now as far as I understand
standalones made with RR are the property of the
programmer; so I am free (as in totally free) to do what I
like with them.

Sincerely, Richmond Mathewson
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