Open source, LC server and revigniter

[Kevin Miller]

This is it exactly. When selecting the license we looked very closely at
the competitive landscape. GPL will play nicely given our competitive
strengths as a desktop/mobile framework. But to do AGPL with the server
version would be a mistake. We have a bigger hill to climb there and so we
need to attract the framework writers etc who will really make that
platform sing. If that can happen its good for the platform/language as a
whole.

The server version now its done isn't so hard to maintain. It doesn't need
much added and where it does that tends to overlap with the other
versions. For example, it needs the ability to draw objects and take
snapshots of stacks but that's something that will be enabled by other
work happening on the graphics stuff as part of the platform rework for
non-server platforms anyway.

Kind regards,

Kevin

Kevin Miller ~ kevin at runrev.com ~ http://www.runrev.com/
LiveCode: Unleash Your Killer App




On 04/02/2013 17:17, "Richard Gaskin" <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:

>LiveCode is nearly unmatched for making multi-platform GUI apps, but
>LiveCode server doesn't have nearly the competitive advantages over
>readily-available alternatives.
>
>PHP, for example, has a vast community, uncountable libraries, books,
>and tutorials available, and is already both multi-threaded and 64-bit
>compatible.  Moreover, PHP is available for free under the very
>permissive PHP License, and is pre-installed on most commercial hosting
>systems.
>
>LiveCode's syntax has some nice conveniences, but for serious work its
>main benefit is for those who need to share code used also in
>LiveCode-based GUI apps, or to rely on coding skills acquired from using
>LiveCode in GUIs.
>
>As a for-fee product, LiveCode Server is a hard sell.  But available for
>free use under GPL, it would at last have a chance to enchant newcomers
>with its unusually inviting syntax.
>