This has been set out on the web page for HTML5 and on the video. It is not a CGI. It renders client side in the browser, without a plug in.
Technically yes, you can look at the JavaScript in a browser. However given the complexity of it + obfuscation you won¹t realistically be able to make much sense of it. There is a whole world of difference between obfuscated/unreadable JavaScript protected by copyright and the GPL, which requires you to upload the stacks for your entire application with readable, editable and redistributable code. I hope this helps. Kind regards, Kevin Kevin Miller ~ ke...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ LiveCode: Everyone can code On 17/07/2014 21:28, "Mark Schonewille" <m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: >Hi Brahmanathaswami , > >I don't have the slightest idea. LiveCode's HTML5 website doesn't seem >to provide any information about it. I'm a little worried that they will >use a CGI engine in the same way as Xojo does. The engine and the stack >would be compiled into a CGI engine, which then produces Javascript that >can render the website in the browser. That would be a show stopper for >me, because shared servers often don't allow installation of additional >CGI engines. > >If they don't use a CGI engine, I don't see how the HTML5 website could >be closed source. As Ralph writes, it is true that the Javascript will >probably be obfuscated or just too big to be interpreted by the human >reader, but that doesn't stop anyone from reading the source code and >converting it to something readable --LiveCode is a big project too, but >apparently it can still be read :-) > >Then again, the text of the license might just contain some phrase, >which obliges any big company to publish the stacks in downloadable >form, unless the company has a commercial license. > >Anyway, I couldn't find any info about this and that bugs me. I have no >idea if I should give a little money. > >-- >Best regards, > >Mark Schonewille > >Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering >Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com >Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer >KvK: 50277553 > >Installer Maker for LiveCode: >http://qery.us/468 > >Buy my new book "Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner" >http://qery.us/3fi > >LiveCode on Facebook: >https://www.facebook.com/groups/runrev/ > >On 7/17/2014 20:45, Brahmanathswami wrote: >> Can anyone tell me what this actually get us? >> >> "The HTML5 license permits closed source deployment to HTML5 only, other >> platforms are not included " >> >> My naive understanding of HTML5 is "deployed in a web browser" >> >> why and where and in what contexts and also "how" would you need close >> source deployment... isn't the CSS, JS and HTML for any such app >> completely inspect-able (just open page source and then click on the css >> link and js links...) >> >> >> >> Swasti Astu, Be Well! >> Brahmanathaswami >> >> Kauai's Hindu Monastery >> www.HimalayanAcademy.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
