Not sure, whether I understood correctly..
It seems to be allowed to use 3rd-party tools, if the
project itself (and maybe others) have a benefit from using
it. That's great. It seems to me that its allowed to use free
tools as well as tool which require a license to use the tool.
Later would possible if the license is sponsored to
individuals/organisations from the tool provider /other
organization.
In this case some of use got a I guess personal/individual
license (like Jody) and some others not.
I would prefer to keep the screen definitions in codebase
because its a good way to communicate RFC's with a visual
sketch. What do you think about contacting Peter Severin
(WireframeSketcher founder) to provide some license for
LocationTech uDig'ers. Like listed in Eclipse guidelines we
could mention the tool in our release notes. I guess Eclipse
Foundation would be a great platform from wireframesketchers
(using Eclipse Platform) from a commercial point of view.
However, is's also possible for Non-Profit organizations
like the Eclipse Foundation to save 50% (at the moment).
Thoughts? IMHO if the IP Team accept the *.screen
contributions, we should take it with us...
- Frank