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>
> > I think most people are quite happy with the license restrictions that
> > metacard uses. Personally I think we should be thankful that we don't need
> > to purchase a license each time we distribute a standalone.
>
> More than thankful. Elated is more like it!
>
> Licence-free distribution of standalones is one of the cornerstones of MetaCard's
>appeal, particularly in Education. If we had to negotiate and pay-for licences for
>our standalones, we would definitely think-twice on small vertical projects and so on.
>
> There is more to be elated about than just this though. The Starter-Kit's licencing
>is truly wonderful. Absolutely free. No limitations built-in, such as the
>all-too-frequent "can't print" or "can't save" or "expires after..." limitations of
>most 'demos'. The only limitation is the 10-line-per-script limit and it's not really
>that limiting. Most of my clients (Education) don't script very much, or at all; and
>the 10-line-script limit can easily be circumvented with modular design, file I/O,
>internet I/O; and the limit does not apply to playback (e.g. only when authoring
>scripts).
>
> And now, because of my "say it ain't so Joe" plea for help, regarding how to
>distribute standalones/stacks such that they can be 'saved', we discover that we can
>take an empty stack, add one "go to stack ..." button to it, save it as a standalone,
>and freely distribute the MC stack and standalone, such that the standalone 'plays'
>the MC stack without the presence of MC itself. Wow!
>
> This has to be the absolute-best licencing scheme that I have ever heard of, Better
>even than my most optimistic expectations. Personally, I am blown away! The only
>"fly-in-the-ointment", so to speak, is that this licencing is too-good-to-be-true and
>may be substantially revised someday, e.g. become more constrained. So far this is a
>totally un-founded fear though :)
>
> Kudos to MetaCard for its visionary licencing scheme,
>
> Alain Farmer
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