Open Livecode Login

[Mark Wilcox]

Kevin,

Crossed your mail by being interrupted whilst typing replying on my phone.

Wouldn't it make more sense to make login optional than actively invite a fork?

Respectfully,
Mark


Kevin Miller <kevin at runrev.com> wrote:

>Our position on this is that the vast majority of users are happy to log
>in, and we would like to know and stay in touch (if you also permit that)
>with the vast majority of you. It really helps us to know how successful
>we are being if we have some data. It also helps us to detect issues
>quickly, like for example a version that has an install problem.
>
>For the minority who are not happy, well - its open. Create your own
>version with no activation!
>
>We appreciate that you do now have a choice. I hope most of you choose to
>continue to use our version with activation in it. But it is up to you if
>you want to remove it.
>
>(With respect to the various issues with passwords/activations etc, we had
>a glitch earlier which affected both commercial & OSS. For this we do
>apologize, things should be running smoothly again now.)
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Kevin
>
>Kevin Miller ~ kevin at runrev.com ~ http://www.runrev.com/
>LiveCode: Everyone can code
>
>
>
>
>On 10/04/2013 19:47, "Richmond" <richmondmathewson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Well . . .
>>
>>. . . eventually, after about 60 minutes of muttering and tooth-sucking
>>I managed to log in to the
>>Open Source version of LIvecode 6.0; obviously whatever goes behind the
>>scenes on RunRev's servers
>>vis-a-vis passwords, while being almost instantaneous for login into
>>their webpage, is rather
>>slow for setting up the thing.
>>
>>Should I be happy?
>>
>>Well, I'm not (yet, at least) as I am still tied by the requirement of
>>having to have an internet connexion
>>for setup, and knowledge that RunRev are still tracking me.
>>
>>This means, for the sake of argument, when I set up the 8 machines in my
>>school for programming classes in the summer the whole process will take
>>about 3-4 hours messing around with each machine
>>with my Internet-USB dongle courtesy of my mobile-phone supplier; going
>>from machine to machine,
>>waiting for the dongle software to load and a connexion to be
>>established, and then registering.
>>
>>Possibly I will not have that trouble as, maybe, RunRev have tied each
>>account to one installation only . . .
>>
>>. . . and if that is so "Open" is fast becoming a word that means
>>something quite different from what I have always understood it to be.
>>
>>Fair forjaskit.
>>
>>Richmond.
>>
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