Hi,
I hadn't really considered non-commercial usage.
A non-commercial usage option is now available for individuals
distributing non-commercial apps (required download version 2.0.16).
Free as in beer.
Regards
Mark
On 21/12/2010 11:59, Gabor Szabo wrote:
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Johan Vromans<jvrom...@squirrel.nl> wrote:
Huub Peters<i...@huubpeters.com> writes:
That kinda takes my enthusiasm down a notch although I fully
understand why you would be charging for support.
Yes, I can understand as well. But my wxPerl applications are free so it
feels awkward (and certainly not motivating) that I'd have to pay a
subscription fee to allow other people to use my free applications.
Moreover, this means that Cava is now a closed source application and I
try to avoid closed source apps as much as possible.
I have similar feeling here and I'd not want to pay for software I use
to distribute
open source software but on the other hand I try to be pragmatic. I might pay
for some other services - e.g. web site design - so I feel less
troubled paying for
missing software.
In my other hat at PEG I'd also like to encourage people to make
money using Perl even if that means closed source applications.
I wonder if keeping Cava open source (and I did not even know it
ever was open source) would really interfere with the idea of selling
it as subscription based service. That's up to Mark to decide.
Distributing wxPerl applications to nonexpert users is still a pain.
This may be one of the reasons there are so few good wxPerl
applications. A free, good packager would be helpful.
Yes, I guess I could apply for the 'discretionary none charged
subscription' but that doesn't really change my point.
I have missed that option when I looked at the web site a few hours
ago and I was wondering if it was possible to provide a blanket
free (as in free beer) license for packaging open source applications?
If I understand it, for now it works on a per request base.
I think I'll give a try to Cava to see if I can use it to package Padre
for the various platforms. I believe it would widen the install base of Padre
by a lot if we had simple installers for the major platforms.
regards
Gabor
