license issues (was mystery exception)

[Monte Goulding]

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: use-revolution-admin at lists.runrev.com
> [mailto:use-revolution-admin at lists.runrev.com]On Behalf Of Alex Rice
> Sent: Wednesday, 12 March 2003 12:30 PM
> To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> 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.
> alrice at ARCplanning.com
> alrice at swcp.com
>
>
>
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