Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Richmond
On 29/01/13 11:35, Heather Laine wrote: Dear List Members, We are hugely excited to be launching this project today: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755283828/open-source-edition-of-livecode Join our campaign to make a full version of LiveCode that is free and open for everybody to

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Monte Goulding
Well I think that's probably the most expensive shirt I'll ever buy but I can't wait to get it. Good work RunRev! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755283828/open-source-edition-of-livecode -- Monte Goulding M E R Goulding - software development services mergExt - There's an external for

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Mark Schonewille
Dear Heather, This sound really, really interesting. Could you please explain how this would be free for everyone except professionals under GPL 3? AFAIK, open source means free (as in free speech) for everyone, including professionals. Are you using your own version of the GPL? -- Best

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Dirk prive
Dual license. See MySQL for an example of this. Free for everyone, but needs commercial license for commercial use. No need for a seperate version of the GPL, it's dual licensed. PS: professionals are probably able to use it for free under GPL3 as well as long as they release their source code

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Kevin Miller
Hi Mark, It is GPL3, we are not modifying the license. It will be free for a wide variety of professional uses (e.g. in house software) but there are some you will need to pay for, such as creating closed source software to sell or accessing technical support. See the FAQ page link on the

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Monte Goulding
On 29/01/2013, at 8:52 PM, Mark Schonewille m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com wrote: This sound really, really interesting. Could you please explain how this would be free for everyone except professionals under GPL 3? AFAIK, open source means free (as in free speech) for everyone,

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Heather Laine
Dear Mark, We will be offering a dual license. You can use the GPL license and release your source code, or you can purchase a commercial license and continue to publish closed source apps. Regards, Heather On 29 Jan 2013, at 09:52, Mark Schonewille wrote: Dear Heather, This sound

AW: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
2013 10:36 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Open Source LiveCode Project Dear List Members, We are hugely excited to be launching this project today: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755283828/open-source-edition-of- livecode Join our campaign to make a full version of LiveCode

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Björnke von Gierke
Betreff: Open Source LiveCode Project Dear List Members, We are hugely excited to be launching this project today: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755283828/open-source-edition-of- livecode Join our campaign to make a full version of LiveCode that is free and open for everybody

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Monte Goulding
A little warning folks. You need to manually add the shipping if your outside the UK. Kickstarter doesn't do it for you. If you've already pledged you can go back in and adjust it. Just a thought... @RunRev have you considered having pickup at the conference as an option? Cheers Monte --

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Kevin Miller
We haven't put it in but I don't see any reason not to allow that - just drop us a line if that's what you want to do. Kind regards, Kevin Kevin Miller ~ ke...@runrev.com ~ http://www.runrev.com/ LiveCode: Unleash Your Killer App On 29/01/2013 10:36, Monte Goulding

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Björnke von Gierke
Weird, it added it for me.. it probably has a db of ip-locations, and yours isn't in it? On 29.01.2013, at 11:36, Monte Goulding wrote: A little warning folks. You need to manually add the shipping if your outside the UK. Kickstarter doesn't do it for you. If you've already pledged you can

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Monte Goulding
On 29/01/2013, at 9:43 PM, Björnke von Gierke b...@mac.com wrote: Weird, it added it for me.. it probably has a db of ip-locations, and yours isn't in it? Lol.. Taswhere? -- Monte Goulding M E R Goulding - software development services mergExt - There's an external for that!

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Björnke von Gierke
On 29.01.2013, at 11:44, Monte Goulding wrote: On 29/01/2013, at 9:43 PM, Björnke von Gierke b...@mac.com wrote: Weird, it added it for me.. it probably has a db of ip-locations, and yours isn't in it? Lol.. Taswhere? I'm sorry, i didn't catch what you meant, can you elaborate a bit

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Monte Goulding
On 29/01/2013, at 9:45 PM, Björnke von Gierke b...@mac.com wrote: Weird, it added it for me.. it probably has a db of ip-locations, and yours isn't in it? Lol.. Taswhere? I'm sorry, i didn't catch what you meant, can you elaborate a bit more? I live in Tasmania... -- Monte Goulding

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Björnke von Gierke
Localisation based on ip address is notoriously hard and failure prone. There's no telling which IP will be recognized correctly, which will be miss-placed and which will be unrecogised. That is also why I hate auto-redirects based on locality so much (besides the fact that they create walled

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Monte Goulding
On 29/01/2013, at 9:46 PM, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: There is a fee that is automatically added to your pledge, that is identical in amount to the shipping cost. If goodies can be picked up in Edinburgh then I guess that amount could be removed from your pledge. Would be funny

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Mark Schonewille
Thanks Kevin, that's good to know. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Use Color Converter to convert CMYK, RGB, RAL, XYZ, H.Lab and other colour

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Pierre Sahores
Dear Kevin, Heather and Team, Just to say : thanks for being able to purpose this strategic and very courageous double-license paradigm orientation. An announced great success at work. Makes me, again and again, so proud the belong to this incredibly creative dev community. Back to you after

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread René Micout
News from France : http://www.mac4ever.com/actu/77182_l-outil-de-developpement-livecode-bientot-en-open-source Le 29 janv. 2013 à 11:40, Kevin Miller ke...@runrev.com a écrit : We haven't put it in but I don't see any reason not to allow that - just drop us a line if that's what you want to

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread David C.
We are hugely excited to be launching this project today: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755283828/open-source-edition-of-livecode Hey folks, For existing customers, what is the effective date for requiring that an application be released open sourced versus commercial as usual? Also,

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Kevin Miller
Yes existing licenses remain the same until the end of their term. Existing perpetual licenses are just that - perpetual. You can see more details in the FAQ http://runrev.com/home/ks1/?preview Kind regards, Kevin Kevin Miller ~ ke...@runrev.com ~ http://www.runrev.com/ LiveCode: Unleash Your

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Shawn Blc
What about this (see the *bold* area)? I have a commercial license. From what I remember when I purchased it I could create, edit applications and distribute applications for as long as I wanted UNTIL I decided to upgrade. See below. The commercial version will be available as an annual

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread David C.
Thank you very much for the prompt reply, Kevin, ...however, I'm not quite sure that the FAQ addresses my concern, or at least it still seems a bit unclear. From the FAQ: We will continue to honor your existing license terms until its expiry date. Once it expires you will be invited to renew with

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Heather Laine
Dear David, What you own is yours. If you have purchased (say) a LiveCode 4.5 license, under our existing perpetual license EULA, that EULA applies to that license. You will always be able to build closed source apps using LiveCode 4.5 (as long as you have hardware that will run it and its

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Andrew Kluthe
I had just paid for three years of commercial updates to livecode complete. Will I get the updates I paid for to the new commercial license for that time period? regards, Andrew Kluthe On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Heather Laine heat...@runrev.com wrote: Dear David, What you own is

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread David C.
Thank you very much, Heather! ...that is simple and plain enough. Regards, David C. On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Heather Laine heat...@runrev.com wrote: Dear David, What you own is yours. If you have purchased (say) a LiveCode 4.5 license, under our existing perpetual license EULA, that

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Shawn Blc
Heather, that answered my question too, however my license is 5.5, which was purchased June 1st, 2012. On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Heather Laine heat...@runrev.com wrote: Dear David, What you own is yours. If you have purchased (say) a LiveCode 4.5 license, under our existing

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Kevin Miller
That's correct. Unlike the pay as you go licenses which are essentially software rental, the perpetual license is just that - perpetual. Kind regards, Kevin Kevin Miller ~ ke...@runrev.com ~ http://www.runrev.com/ LiveCode: Unleash Your Killer App On 29/01/2013 15:08, Shawn Blc

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Kevin Miller
If it is a perpetual license, as opposed to one of the newer pay as you go licenses, it never expires. Kind regards, Kevin Kevin Miller ~ ke...@runrev.com ~ http://www.runrev.com/ LiveCode: Unleash Your Killer App On 29/01/2013 15:09, David C. davidoco...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you very

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Colin Holgate
What happens if you did a change of license? Like, if I was perpetual up to version 5.5, but pay as you go from 5.5.1, would I be able to use 5.5, but not 5.5.1? On Jan 29, 2013, at 10:33 AM, Kevin Miller ke...@runrev.com wrote: If it is a perpetual license, as opposed to one of the newer

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Kevin Miller
Yes absolutely. Kind regards, Kevin Kevin Miller ~ ke...@runrev.com ~ http://www.runrev.com/ LiveCode: Unleash Your Killer App On 29/01/2013 15:29, Andrew Kluthe and...@ctech.me wrote: I had just paid for three years of commercial updates to livecode complete. Will I get the updates I paid

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Mike Bonner
Wow, this will teach me to go to sleep! Kevin, Heather, everyone at runrev THANK YOU! I'll be seeing what I can scrounge up to help, and will point the 1 other person I know who might be interested towards the website. Thanks! ___ use-livecode

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Heather Laine
Erm. The question as it stands does not compute Colin :). You can't have 5.5 and not 5.5.1, you always get those minor releases with your major version. However, if we rephrase it, suppose you had a perpetual 5.0 license, but then instead of updating it purchased a PAYG license, what would

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread David C.
Dear List Members, We are hugely excited to be launching this project today: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755283828/open-source-edition-of-livecode To the RunRev team and community, Unless something significant changes in the next few days, current circumstances will not allow me

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Colin Holgate
Won't the $499 a year still effectively be a pay as you go license? On Jan 29, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Heather Laine heat...@runrev.com wrote: We will be discontinuing the PAYG license types once we go dual license, so no new purchases of this will be possible.

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Robert Sneidar
I hear the devil's from there. groan Bob On Jan 29, 2013, at 2:48 AM, Monte Goulding wrote: On 29/01/2013, at 9:45 PM, Björnke von Gierke b...@mac.com wrote: Weird, it added it for me.. it probably has a db of ip-locations, and yours isn't in it? Lol.. Taswhere? I'm sorry, i

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Robert Sneidar
There's a perpetual license?? How do I get one of those?? Bob On Jan 29, 2013, at 6:52 AM, Kevin Miller wrote: Yes existing licenses remain the same until the end of their term. Existing perpetual licenses are just that - perpetual. You can see more details in the FAQ

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Robert Sneidar
Oh never mind I already have that!! I thot it meant Lifetime Renewal! I would probably have gone for that! Bob On Jan 29, 2013, at 7:32 AM, Kevin Miller wrote: That's correct. Unlike the pay as you go licenses which are essentially software rental, the perpetual license is just that -

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Shawn Blc
If we keep on this track our KS project will be over £700,000! Awesome! Being a little optimistic here --- Looking forward to being part of the largest funded KS project ever! On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Robert Sneidar slylab...@me.com wrote: Oh never mind I already have that!!

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Björnke von Gierke
On 29.01.2013, at 20:54, Shawn Blc wrote: If we keep on this track our KS project will be over £700,000! Awesome! Being a little optimistic here --- Looking forward to being part of the largest funded KS project ever! uhm... just saying:

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Shawn Blc
Björnke, it'd be awesome wouldn't it? Talking about being optimistic!!! On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Björnke von Gierke b...@mac.com wrote: On 29.01.2013, at 20:54, Shawn Blc wrote: If we keep on this track our KS project will be over £700,000! Awesome! Being a little

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Peter M. Brigham
Is it like the perpetual care arrangements in cemeteries? Does that mean that your descendants get updates forever? -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Jan 29, 2013, at 2:39 PM, Robert Sneidar wrote: There's a perpetual license?? How do I get one of

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Robert Sneidar
It's my experience in life that almost nothing is linear. It will be important for all of us to get the word out (which I suppose we should have been doing all along). I have posted on my Facebook page and alerted people at my (former) place of employment. Bob On Jan 29, 2013, at 11:54 AM,

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Peter Haworth
That is a pretty amazing watch! I want one! Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Björnke von Gierke b...@mac.com wrote: On 29.01.2013, at 20:54, Shawn Blc wrote: If we keep on this track our KS project will be over £700,000! Awesome! Being a

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, I learned about this breaking News from a post made by Richard. Now I have a question for Kevin: Kevin, Did you know if it will be possible to translate the open source version of LiveCode to other languages? If so, then I would recommend to expand the Kickstarter deadline from 1 month

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Monte Goulding
On 30/01/2013, at 10:37 AM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: If so, then I would recommend to expand the Kickstarter deadline from 1 month to 6 months to allow Universities and Educational Leaders around the world to evaluate the usefulness AND viability of porting LiveCode to their native

Re: Open Source LiveCode Project

2013-01-29 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Monte, Monte Goulding wrote: 30 day campaigns are statistically more likely to succeed apparently. By a small fraction. I imagine that project might hang on the back of the open language one. I'm imagining some kind of syntax loader... What if each function, command, handler, reserved