Frequently Asked Questions About
The Fourth World Open Source Alliance
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World
Version 1.1
Last revised on 6 March 2004
- What is the Fourth World Open Source Alliance?
- Who's Involved and How Do I Contact Them?
- What's the URL?
- What Are the Terms of the Fourth World Public License?
- Why Are You Doing This?
- What Will Fourth World Be Doing Instead of Selling SuperCard Tools?
What is the Fourth World Open Source Alliance?
The Alliance is a cooperative effort between Fourth World, Wetware, Inc., DevHQ, and you, working together to provide the highest quality of software components with the shortest time for new feature additions and at the lowest cost.
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Who's Involved and How Do I Contact Them?
Fourth World
Contact: Richard Gaskin
Ambassador@FourthWorld.com
http://www.FourthWorld.com
Wetware, Inc.
Contact: Mark Lucas
CATkeeper@aol.com
DevHQ
Contact: Chilton Webb
chilton@tca.net
http://www.devhq.com
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What's the URL?
There are three:
The main page for the Fourth World Open Source Archive can be found at:
http://www.fourthworld.com/supercard/index.html
The Fourth World Open Source Alliance FAQ (this document) is at:
http://www.fourthworld.com/4wosafaq.html
The Fourth World Public License lives at:
http://www.fourthworld.com/4wpl.html
What Are the Terms of the Fourth World Public License?
You can read the Fourth World Public License at http://www.fourthworld.com/4wpl.html
We tried to come up with the most flexible licensing terms which meet all of these criteria:
- allows the greatest freedoms practical for all concerned
- protects the integrity of the standard code base for these tools
- allows for use in commercial products and client projects without complicating developers' lives
- encourages sharing of modifications into a central code pool
While we've made every effort to strike what we feel is the right balance for these objectives, your feedback is essential to ensure that this evolving process is enhanced to better serve the needs of the developer community.
Please send feedback regarding the Fourth World Public License to 4WPL@FourthWorld.com.
Why Are You Doing This?
Because it's fun.
Mark Lucas and I formed our working relationship around a mutual desire to meet cool people doing interesting work by providing tools for them. The Open Source distribution model has proven a great option in many circumstances, and in our case it seems an excellent fit. In creating the Fourth World Open Source Alliance we can help coordinate activities among an unlimited number of developers, improving the code and having a great time along the way.
What Will Fourth World Be Doing Instead of Selling SuperCard Tools?
We'll be doing what we've always been doing: designing and developing useful software applications.
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