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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 729120" data-attributes="member: 158"><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The answer to me is obvious - support the one that supports you best. If that's both of them, then so be it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>And CMP will not shut down either program. I feel like I can state this pretty definitely. (Mynex may still correct me, though.) </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Why?</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>1) CMP does not own E-Tools. They did not buy E-Tools, but has a license to support it (and sell it, I believe.) Only WotC has the option to abandon it.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>2) PCGen, the program, will never be shut down. Only lack of interest will ever shut it down. This is because even if tomorrow Bryan were to take leave of his senses and say, "I'm shutting down PCGen," and assuming he retains ownership of the name and can do this, then being a LGPL program, anyone who wanted to could take the code base, rally the troops, and continue on without Bryan and CMP, under another name, as a different program. No harm, no foul. PCGen, as long as there are a barrel of monkey still supporting it, will NEVER die. It's the entire founding principal of open source - that development never dies on a good program.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Any problems with the above, Mynex?</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>-------------------------</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Also, thanks to Mynex, Barak, et. al. for helping me keep my facts straight. It's great to know that you've got proof to back you up, and even greater to know that the proof you've got is even better than you thought. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>One strong suggestion, Mynex -- PLEASE don't let the XML conversion die out. As much as I like LST files, the format drives me crazy when creating from scratch.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Henry, post: 729120, member: 158"] [B] The answer to me is obvious - support the one that supports you best. If that's both of them, then so be it. :) And CMP will not shut down either program. I feel like I can state this pretty definitely. (Mynex may still correct me, though.) Why? 1) CMP does not own E-Tools. They did not buy E-Tools, but has a license to support it (and sell it, I believe.) Only WotC has the option to abandon it. 2) PCGen, the program, will never be shut down. Only lack of interest will ever shut it down. This is because even if tomorrow Bryan were to take leave of his senses and say, "I'm shutting down PCGen," and assuming he retains ownership of the name and can do this, then being a LGPL program, anyone who wanted to could take the code base, rally the troops, and continue on without Bryan and CMP, under another name, as a different program. No harm, no foul. PCGen, as long as there are a barrel of monkey still supporting it, will NEVER die. It's the entire founding principal of open source - that development never dies on a good program. Any problems with the above, Mynex? ------------------------- Also, thanks to Mynex, Barak, et. al. for helping me keep my facts straight. It's great to know that you've got proof to back you up, and even greater to know that the proof you've got is even better than you thought. :) One strong suggestion, Mynex -- PLEASE don't let the XML conversion die out. As much as I like LST files, the format drives me crazy when creating from scratch.[/b] [/QUOTE]
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