Hi Alex The thing you need to remember is that when you distribute a standalone you are actually distributing the engine. If rev removes thes restrictions then who's to stop someone building a standalone that starts the rev IDE and allows script editing. Just be thankful you don't have to pay a royalty.
Does your app rely on dynamic compiling? Can you split your code into 10 line chunks? Monte > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alex Rice > Sent: Wednesday, 12 March 2003 12:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: license issues (was mystery exception) > > > > On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at 06:49 AM, Ben Rubinstein wrote: > > > > So... if you use 'do', or change the script of objects on the fly, be > > aware > > that code which works fine in the IDE will be subject to limitations > > in a > > standalone. > > Ack! I did not know this. Just to see if I am understanding correctly: > as long as no single call to "do", or "value" (or other functions that > compile transcript on the fly), no single call exceeds 10 lines them > I'm OK in a standalone? > > Now I see this issue IS mentioned in the Transcript Dictionary for the > do command. Now I have read the License Agreement.rtf and it's pretty > clearly spelled out there. > > But RunRev, you are covered in the License Agreement; why cripple > standalone compiled apps? Clearly the feature-limited Starter Kit IDE > is a good thing. I just don't fully understand why the need to cripple > standalone apps. Just to provide active insurance for what the license > permits- so nobody will go out and create a Transcript interpreter with > a cool IDE? > > I feel kinda dumb for using Revolution for ~5 months and not realizing > this until now. Here are some thoughts. > > 1) I think it's ever-so-slightly misleading for Runrev to claim on > their website, feature list: > "Royalty-free distribution" > "Pay once, deliver anywhere." > Maybe that should be amended - "subject to certain dynamic compiling > features." > > 2) Make the Distribution Builder somewhat aware of the issue. "Hrm, you > seem do be using the do command a lot. Are you aware of license > restrictions on standalone apps and compiling scripts?" > > 3) This should be in red block letters at the top of the documentation > for the do command, for lazy folk like me who don't always read license > agreements. ;-) > > Alex Rice, Software Developer > Architectural Research Consultants, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
