Robert Man wrote:
> == And lastly, the kafkaesque position vis a vis the use of both
> tools for the same code. In practice, can I code part of an
> application in the community and part of it in the closed IDE.
The GPL is a distribution license; it doesn't affect anything you do in
your home or office, and only comes into play when software is distributed.
In fact, one of the nice features of the GPL is that it very explicitly
states that if you share software under that license you can't restrict
the use of the software in any way. This freedom is often
under-appreciated but very powerful, as it prevents any form of
discrimination and allows everyone to study and learn from code, and to
modify it for themselves however they like.
So here we're only looking at cases where you distribute something to
others.
And since the application needs an engine to bind to in order to run,
the license of the engine used at build time would determine the license
options.
Kevin's said here before that you can freely use the Community Edition
to develop in, and would only truly need to acquire a license for the
proprietary engine when you're ready to deploy the app and wish to do so
under a license other than GPL.
For other questions the FAQ has some good info - see "Can you give me
some examples of where I do and don’t need a commercial license?"
<https://livecode.com/resources/support/ask-a-question/>
> If not, please do precise if there are markers somewhere that
> are used to track the IDE used.
Markers are for enforcement, and enforcement is only needed when there
is circumvention.
I have no interest in circumventing the intentions of the copyright
owner of LiveCode, so it's never occurred to me to look for markers.
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Systems
Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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