[Update REQ 5424]: Re: W3Kit

["Paul Burchard" <burchard at geom>]

Here's my initial reply...I assume the GC will want to sign off on  
this too.


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From: Paul Burchard <burchard>
Date: Tue, 30 May 95 14:05:05 -0600
To: James Michael Stewart <mcintyre at tristero.io.com>
Subject: Re: W3Kit

Thanks for your interest in W3Kit.  A couple questions before I  
sign a release form...

1.  A major upgrade, W3Kit version 3.0, has been in beta test for a  
while, and I will be releasing it in the next couple of months.   
I'd much prefer to have 3.0 in the book if it works with your  
publication schedule.  What is your deadline?

2.  The release form asks for a nonexclusive rights to ``use the  
following material ... and all associated code and documentation.''   
In the context of a programming toolkit, I think the word ``use''  
is too vague -- I would prefer ``publish, redistribute, or reprint''  
in order to clearly differentiate what you want to do from, say,  
the creation of commercial applications on top of W3Kit (which would  
be subject to more stringent requirements according to the terms of  
the GNU Library General Public License).

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