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 my winter holidays.
Friendly yours, Pierre > On 29 jan 2013, at 10:35, 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 use. We are doing this via a Kickstarter fundraiser, and we >> need your help. If we are successful, between us we can change the face of >> programming forever. >> >> Open Source LiveCode means >> >> - Free access for teachers >> - Free access for students >> - Free access for hobbyists and enthusiasts >> - A headstart for professionals >> >> I know that many of you on this list will welcome this initiative, and the >> benefits it will bring. You have been long time users and supporters of >> LiveCode. Today we're asking you, especially, to get behind us once again. >> We are aiming to bring LiveCode to hundreds of thousands of new users, >> removing the price barrier and making easy access programming available to >> everyone. >> >> RunRev will be working in tandem with the community to guide and drive this >> project forward for many years to come. LiveCode will have a dual license >> system. Commercial licensing will still be available allowing you to >> distribute closed source apps. Open Source LiveCode will be free under the >> GPL 3 license. You will be able to contribute back to the engine. >> Development on LiveCode and the addition of all the special features each of >> you wants becomes an order of magnitude faster. >> >> Visit our Kickstarter page to learn all about the project: >> >> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755283828/open-source-edition-of-livecode >> >> Please, if you want to see programming become the new literacy, get behind >> this project! Tell your friends, tell your family, tell your business >> associates, tell your distant acquaintances, shout it from the rooftops. >> Between us we can make this happen. We've got some great rewards for you too >> on Kickstarter, so everybody wins. >> >> Make your pledge today and help us to take LiveCode Open Source! >> >> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755283828/open-source-edition-of-livecode >> >> Warm Regards, >> >> Heather >> >> Heather Laine >> Customer Services Manager >> http://www.runrev.com/ >> LiveCode - Unleash Your Killer App >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Pierre Sahores mobile : 06 03 95 77 70 www.sahores-conseil.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
