Hello Gleason, On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 09:40:34 -0500 GMT (30-Jan-19, 21:40 +0700 GMT), Gleason wrote:
> All, > I am responding in Postbox email client because templates aren't > currently working in The Bat. I set Postbox > to respond in text only. I'm not sure it will do that, so apologies if > it doesn't. It works fine. >> Hello Gwen, >> >> On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 14:06:48 +0100 GMT (30-Jan-19, 20:06 +0700 GMT), >> Gwen wrote: >> >>> Hello tbbeta, >>> On Wed, 30 Jan 2019, at 12:43:33 [GMT +0100] (which was 12:43 where I >>> live) Viktor wrote: >>>> As for "Update plugin": no, has TheBat! v5 only, doesn't want to >>>> buy a new version, would have to rewrite almost from scratch for x64 >>>> Would a donated new TheBat! license maybe help? >>> I asked the author of the plugin by mail some days ago (and some years >>> before). He does not want to give the source to public and has ended the >>> development. As i >>> understood him: does not want to buy a 64bit development version of Delphi >>> and change the >>> code of the plugin for 64bit. >> Honestly, I don't understand his attitude. He has no interest in this >> plugin any more, so why doesn't he release the source code? Does he >> gain something from blocking people from updating it, and others to >> enjoy the funtionality? > That's the thing about intellectual property, time and effort > contributed for free, and the attitude of programmers, > as compared to those of us who want something for free from them. He > might be thinking that a person who > is capable of adapting his code would also be capable of writing the > plugin from scratch. Let them do that. > Finally, we are "entitled" to nothing from him that he does not feel > moved to give. No, we are not entitled to free software. He was offering a software for free, that was his decision. Now he is not interested in it any more. I am not saying we have a right to use it for free, I am just wondering what goes on in his head: He is not interested in it any more, others want to continue his good work, but he blocks it. Why would he do that? That is the point I don't understand. There is no commercial interest I can detect. If it were commercial software to begin with, that would be a different story. If Ritlabs abandoned TheBat!, I would not be surprised if they kept the source code a secret. Anyway, that's just my opinion, and it's getting off-topic. -- Cheers, Thomas. Message reply created with The Bat! 8.7 (Christmas Edition) under Windows 7 6.1 Build 7601 Service Pack 1 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 8.5.8.5 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
