I would like to bring this to your attention (apologies if it has already been 
done).

Livecode (previously incarnated as Hypercard, or Metacard or Revolution) is 
undergoing a radical change – a move to make the platform Open Source. I have 
used this environment for amateur hacking tasks for many years, and believe 
that it has much more potential than I could ever realise. It is a platform for 
deployment across all systems (linux, mac, Windows, mobile) and is highly 
object oriented and starts from a GUI design.

The originators of LiveCode (based in Edinburgh) are running a KickStarter 
campaign to make their platform open source. If you are interested in software 
development, in education or in open source GUI wrappers, LiveCode may be of 
interest.

Hence, I am bringing this to your attention. The campaign has 2 days to run, 
and is about 15% short of target. Have a look, and if you see the potential for 
an open source variant, please consider support.

I should also make clear I have no affiliation with LiveCode, nor do I stand to 
gain in any way from this posting.
I hope it is within the spirit of the open source movement to bring this to 
your attention.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755283828/open-source-edition-of-livecode


Prof R J Beynon | Royal Society Industrial Fellow | Protein Function Group
Institute of Integrative Biology
University of Liverpool
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