Open Livecode Login

[JB]

Thank you, Kevin

-=>JB<=-


On Apr 11, 2013, at 1:53 AM, Kevin Miller wrote:

> You can find details of how to access and contribute to the source here:
> 
> http://www.runrev.com/products/Open-Source/Contribute
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Kevin
> 
> Kevin Miller ~ kevin at runrev.com ~ http://www.runrev.com/
> LiveCode: Everyone can code
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/04/2013 09:13, "JB" <sundown at pacifier.com> wrote:
> 
>> Many things are given away FREE in life with a requirement that you
>> register to receive the product.
>> 
>> The LiveCode team offer some very useful videos and tools that can
>> be purchased at their store.  To access these you need to have a
>> valid account with a email address and password.  If you write a
>> useful tool you can probably sell it on their store.  This helps the
>> whole community.
>> 
>> How would you feel if you had a totally open source code with no
>> commercial license offered and the LiveCode team and store gone?
>> The most you would gain would being able to deliver your program
>> commercially with the code protected and no license payment.
>> 
>> Like Kevin said the code is open source and we can change it.  My
>> question is how do I access the engine and installer code to make
>> changes?  What version of XCODE do I need to compile it after I
>> have made changes?  Are there examples to compile the code
>> so beginners can do it the first time?
>> 
>> -=>JB<=-
>> 
>> 
>> On Apr 10, 2013, at 12:31 PM, Kevin Miller 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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