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> 
> Hmmm... it doesn't look good.  The 4Front pres., Dev Mazumdar, tells
> me that they want $150,000.00 for a source license.  That just doesn't
> seem worthwhile to me.
> 

I'm told (I think it was Jordan who said it) that they intend to donate the 
source in 6 months time. Presumably paying the $20 will pay for the porting 
effort. Of course their code base will then continue to diverge, but at least 
we'll have most of the cards supported.


	Stephen