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Re: Crossword question
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 26 Sep 2000 18:50:38 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Todd:
> I just got a chance to read about the engine behind the Crossword puzzle.
> Very very powerful and sophisticated, but also, apparently, commercial
> software.
Ya, when Suzanne showed it to me a while back, I was blown away. I guess it's
like professional sw that's used by some real cw makers.
> How does this square with the LUGNET philosophy? I thought you didn't want
> to use any non "free" software? Granted, the crossword puzzle is not exactly
> a core component of the system (although it's lots of fun...).
Exactly -- it's not part of the core system, and nothing except itself depends
on it, and Java is unlikely to stop working on websites anytime in the next
5-10 or more years. The puzzles themselves are IP that we own, so if we ever
wanted to put the puzzles themselves into a different applet or environment,
we could do that.
> Is the java
> applet that drives the display a freely redistributable component and only
> the editing/list/clue/management software the part you have to pay for?
I'm not positive, but I think the applet is licensed for unlimited publishing
from a single site (i.e., I don't think that the applet is redistributable,
beyond the obvious downloading into browser and regular caching, etc.) as part
of the whole package deal.
--Todd
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