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> Create your own version with no activation! [...]
> But it is up to you if you want to remove it.

Where are the instructions on how to remove "activation" from the install?
I find it absurd that any open source software requires me to give the
originator my personal information. (I contributed U.S. $50 to the
kickstart.) Are you just wanting to spam everyone til the end of time? I
question your motives. Sure pisses me off.

Sincerely,

ilsa



On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:31 PM, 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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