I use the commercial server so I can use password encrypted stacks. I have an app that the customer required encryption of all data and source code. The library stack is in the iOS app/APK is also used on the backend server. I don't want to have to strip the passcode from the stack when release updates to the app/LC server. Besides the customer asked that all source code be encrypted in the app or on the sever so I complied.
Edge case... probably... But LC stack encryption made the customer happy so that made me happy. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -----Original Message----- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Richard Gaskin via use-livecode Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 12:21 PM To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Cc: Richard Gaskin Subject: Re: Obtaining URL to latest Stable LC Server JeeJeeStudio wrote: > Op 20-5-2020 om 21:18 schreef Richard Gaskin via use-livecode: >> It would be helpful to have a convenient way to obtain the URL to the >> latest stable version of LC Server, to automate deployments. >> >> I don't believe the company provides that, do they? >> >> Without a company-maintained URL, I suppose one could write a >> function that relies on a scraper for the downloads.liveocde.com >> page. Has anyone here done that? > > > that's not the same version as the one you can download from > livecode.com when you log-in. Community vs commercial True, but my focus on the Community Edition is based on two considerations: 1. The proprietary edition requires an account-specific licensing key which AFAIK precludes external automation. 2. The proprietary edition is very rarely needed. Most modern server solutions are open source, and many use GPL specifically, including not only LiveCode but also MySQL, MariaDB, Neo4j, MediaWiki, NextCloud, Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, Git, Ansible, and a good many more. The GPL being a distribution license, proprietary edition of LiveCode Server would be needed only in those cases where the developer is distributing a server solution for other devs making server solutions, and where they want their own code to be under proprietary license. I can imagine such a specific use may case exist in our community, but I haven't yet come across it. For services accessed over a network, the code remains on the server and is not distributed to the user. So open source, even GPL, is a very good fit for web sites, apps, and other network-delivered services. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web ____________________________________________________________________ ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode