Open Source LiveCode Project

[Dirk prive]

Dual license. See MySQL for an example of this. Free for everyone, but
needs commercial license for commercial use. No need for a seperate version
of the GPL, it's dual licensed.

PS: professionals are probably able to use it for free under GPL3 as well
as long as they release their source code under the GPL.

Dirk Cleenwerck


On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Mark Schonewille <
m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com> wrote:

> Dear Heather,
>
> This sound really, really interesting. Could you please explain how this
> would be free for everyone except professionals under GPL 3? AFAIK, open
> source means free (as in free speech) for everyone, including
> professionals. Are you using your own version of the GPL?
>
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> On 29 jan 2013, at 10:35, Heather Laine wrote:
>
> > Dear List Members,
> >
> > We  are hugely excited to be launching this project today:
> >
> >
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755283828/open-source-edition-of-livecode
> >
> > Join our campaign to make a full version of LiveCode that is free and
> open for everybody to use. We are doing this via a Kickstarter fundraiser,
> and we need your help. If we are successful, between us we can change the
> face of programming forever.
> >
> > Open Source LiveCode means
> >
> > - Free access for teachers
> > - Free access for students
> > - Free access for hobbyists and enthusiasts
> > - A headstart for professionals
> >
> > I know that many of you on this list will welcome this initiative, and
> the benefits it will bring. You have been long time users and supporters of
> LiveCode. Today we're asking you, especially, to get behind us once again.
> We are aiming to bring LiveCode to hundreds of thousands of new users,
> removing the price barrier and making easy access programming available to
> everyone.
> >
> > RunRev will be working in tandem with the community to guide and drive
> this project forward for many years to come. LiveCode will have a dual
> license system. Commercial licensing will still  be available allowing you
> to distribute closed source apps. Open Source LiveCode will be free under
> the GPL 3 license. You will be able to contribute back to the engine.
> Development on LiveCode and the addition of all the special features each
> of you wants becomes an order of magnitude faster.
> >
> > Visit our Kickstarter page to learn all about the project:
> >
> >
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755283828/open-source-edition-of-livecode
> >
> > Please, if you want to see programming become the new literacy, get
> behind this project! Tell your friends, tell your family, tell your
> business associates, tell your distant acquaintances, shout it from the
> rooftops. Between us we can make this happen. We've got some great rewards
> for you too on Kickstarter, so everybody wins.
> >
> > Make your pledge today and help us to take LiveCode Open Source!
> >
> >
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755283828/open-source-edition-of-livecode
> >
> > Warm Regards,
> >
> > Heather
> >
> > Heather Laine
> > Customer Services Manager
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> >
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