Re: [OT] Open Source, EULA - the Big Bad Bogeyman

2009-03-24 Thread Kay C Lan
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Judy Perry katheryn.swynf...@gmail.comwrote: It's funny you bring this up, ... I especially like how the iTunes EULA states that it may not be used to plan, build or operate a nuclear power facility. The last time I d/l an update of iTunes I made certain to

[even more OT] Talking Heads

2009-03-24 Thread Richmond Mathewson
The main problem, in Bulgaria at least, is that one would spend so much money in court that defending one's copyright would not be worth it. The word 'vampire' occurs to me. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson. A Thorn in the flesh is

Re: [even more OT] Talking Heads

2009-03-24 Thread Peter Alcibiades
Richmond, they were probably right. The essence of open source is that you have access to the source code and the ability to modify it. If your stuff had been written in (say) Python, this would be true, anyone can get Python on OSS terms and conditions. Written in Rev, even if you distribute

Re: [even more OT] Talking Heads

2009-03-24 Thread viktoras d.
but then what is the status of java? There are tons of open source apps in java (http://java-source.net/), but a.f.a.i.k. java is not open source otherwise IBM wouldn't urge SUN to make it OSS: http://news.cnet.com/2100-1007_3-5165427.html. Well, it is 5 years old news. Viktoras Peter

RE: [OT] Open Source, EULA - the Big Bad Bogeyman

2009-03-24 Thread Randall Reetz
Well you bring up lots of great points. One that continually confuses is the difference between content and tool. If you sell a lathe, you cant restrict what someone makes on their lathe, including another kind of lathe. But if you are selling table legs, and they are sufficiently unique,

Re: [even more OT] Talking Heads

2009-03-24 Thread Jan Schenkel
Java is open source by now: GPL with Classpath exception. There are several open-source projects regarding Java, of which OpenJDK6 and OpenJDK7 are run by Sun, and where they've worked on replacing copyrighted code with new open-source implementations; but there is also IcedTea (an

Re: [OT] Open Source, EULA - the Big Bad Bogeyman

2009-03-24 Thread Luis
Well, start with the ZX81, running a Nuclear Power plant, and go up from there (with a 16k RAM pack +wobble). Cheers, Luis. On 24 Mar 2009, at 06:15, Kay C Lan wrote: On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Judy Perry katheryn.swynf...@gmail.comwrote: It's funny you bring this up, ... I

RegExp runrev docu and extended features for pattern matching

2009-03-24 Thread run...@animabit.de
Hello, for a project I need all the power of RegExp runrev can offer. Does anyone have an extended docu of the regexp usage in runrev at hand? In the docu within the runrev IDE (try matchtext) I found the necessary [0-9a-zA-Zäöü ...] for making regexp like get matchText(line,([0-9]+.[0-9]+).?

[even more OT] Talking Heads

2009-03-24 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Peter Alcibiades wrote: they were probably right. I didn't say they were wrong; I said I thought they were silly. I am not a purist; in fact there are quite a few people I know who believe I am about the most impure person there is :) The folks at Ubuntu would like us to believe they are pure

Revolution Calendar

2009-03-24 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi, I have put a Revolution calendar online. You can subscribe to the following URL: webcal://runrev.info/ical/revolution.ics using iCal or compatible software. For now, it has only one event, but you can let me know about important future Revolution-related events and I will add them as

Re: [OT] Open Source, EULA - the Big Bad Bogeyman

2009-03-24 Thread Kay C Lan
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Luis l...@anachreon.co.uk wrote: Well, start with the ZX81, running a Nuclear Power plant, and go up from there (with a 16k RAM pack +wobble). Unfortunately I believe the 250 baud cassette interface was only usable for data storage, not music playback ;-)

Re: RegExp runrev docu and extended features for pattern matching

2009-03-24 Thread Kay C Lan
For a quick syntax guide you might try here: http://wademan.com/AutoHotkey/PCRESyntax/pcresyntax.html For more detail, try here: http://wademan.com/AutoHotkey/PCRESyntax/pcrepattern.html for diferences between PCRE and Perl, you might try wikipedia, link No 2:

Re: Rev presentation tool - PowerPoint alternative?

2009-03-24 Thread Richard K. Herz
Need: A way to show presentation slides in one window along with a Rev stack or other media in another window. The problem with PowerPoint is that it takes over the entire screen during a slide show, and switching to another window, e.g., with Mac Spaces, is distracting. One solution is to

Re: [even more OT] Talking Heads

2009-03-24 Thread Judy Perry
Well, the problem here is that the vampires bite the other way; increasingly here the vampires are the major huge companies holding IP rights and they issue subpeona's/lawsuits against network printers and old people who don't even own computers and bleed them dry. Fun stuff like that. Not that I

Re: [even more OT] Talking Heads

2009-03-24 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter Alcibiades wrote: Probably Richard Gaskin is mistaken for a similar reason in saying that All open source applications that run on Windows, Mac, or any other non-FOSS OS are just as proprietary as any Rev project released under similar license. No, not really. If its OSS, you have the

Download from web page TEXTAREA

2009-03-24 Thread dcpbarrington
I have a stand alone RR application that requires that the user log into thier web application using revBrowser, authenticate log into thier account and then collection of account data from a web text area. After logon the web application loads user information in XML format into a TEXTAREA on

Re: Rev presentation tool - PowerPoint alternative?

2009-03-24 Thread Francis Nugent Dixon
Hi from Paris, I grabbed the idea of using Revolution as a presentation tool quite early on. I build many of my slides using EazyDraw (today I can't do without it). I can export them in PDF form (which I prefer for its precision) and also JPEG. Of course JPEG is easier for Rev. I use Snap'nDrag

RE: [OT] Open Source, EULA - the Big Bad Bogeyman

2009-03-24 Thread Randall Reetz
What does the open source community say about revenue? What if a system came into being that tracked source contributions absolutely no matter the granularity (number of bits) or depth of nesting (part of joe's code was part of mary's code was part of paul's code). Such that when any current

RE: [OT] Open Source, EULA - the Big Bad Bogeyman

2009-03-24 Thread Randall Reetz
If done correctly, such a scheme would never alow a downstream integrator to impinge on upstream contributon. Such a scheme would want to favor interpreter vs. compiler (or would it?). Where is the ownership graph stored or embedded? How do you make bits traceable? By abstracted

launch URL does not open Outlook

2009-03-24 Thread mfstuart
Hi all, I have a script that uses launch URL theURL to open Outlook, but sometimes it doesn't open it. theURL = mailto:m...@somecompany.com?subject=blah blah blahBody=This is the message body text, with sometimes lots of text. And sometimes a small amount of text. I think the amount of text in

Re: launch URL does not open Outlook

2009-03-24 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, mfstu...@cox.net wrote: I have a script that uses launch URL theURL to open Outlook, but sometimes it doesn't open it. theURL = mailto:m...@somecompany.com?subject=blah blah blahBody=This is the message body text, with sometimes lots of text. And sometimes a small amount of text.

Re: Download from web page TEXTAREA

2009-03-24 Thread Terry Judd
In theory this is possible by intercepting the revBrowserBeforenavigate message (by parsing the url that is passed as a parameter). In practice it doesn't work on Windows because of a bug... http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=5125 ...I reported in June 2006. Terry... On

launch URL does not open Outlook

2009-03-24 Thread Mark Stuart
Scott wrote: Is there any difference if you use the revMail command? For some older email programs, it may not be possible to specify a ccAddress, mailSubject, or messageBody. Generally, the revMail command will still work with such programs, but only the To: header will be set. Hi Scott, Just

Wierd MouseLine

2009-03-24 Thread DunbarX
If not a bug, then a gremlin. In a stack, make a locked field with several lines of text. In the field script put: on mouseUp set cursor to plus repeat until the mouseClick put the mouseLine end repeat end mouseUp Move the mouse over the various lines in the field. You will get

Re: suddenly not working -- Rev cgi plus mysql on webhost (DreamHost)

2009-03-24 Thread Nicolas Cueto
Things still ain't working like they used to, but, following up on some of the advise here, some other possibly useful clues have come up. BTW, perhaps I wasn't clear on this. It's not that my Rev-cgi setup no longer works. All my Rev-cgi scripts still work. What is not working well since the