Open Source Kickstarter Report Card

[JB]

I have never used LiveCode Builder, IIRC.
so I don’t know what it takes to help.

John Balgenorth


On Aug 17, 2015, at 6:51 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:

> JB wrote:
> 
>> How hard can it be to add pdf support to open-source?
> 
> Technically, it's a matter of copying the GPLv3 license file into that repository, and adding an appropriate note to the main source file.
> 
> It seems the considerations here aren't technical.
> 
> 
>> I assume the code is in C++ or Obhective-C.
> 
> LiveCode Builder, IIRC.
> 
> 
>> I am not a C programmer but I have learned
>> a little about it and might be willing to help.
>> 
>> First of all you would need to understand I am
>> not completely up to par on C so I would need
>> some help and simple guidelines at first.
>> 
>> Second since they are exclusive I want to make
>> sure pur work is exclusive too.  That is only fair.
>> Working for free and helping out is one thing but
>> providing code for them to use exclusively does
>> not interest me.
> 
> If you really wanted to send a message, rather than write C for the LiveCode community you could write it in Python for the Python community.
> 
> That is, if it weren't for the hundreds of PDF packages that already exist for that very popular language:
> <https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=search&term=pdf&submit=search>
> 
> Indeed it's the relationship between capabilities and audience size that leads me to believe LiveCode will choose a simpler, more partnering approach with their open source supporters on this PDF component.
> 
> --
> Richard Gaskin
> Fourth World Systems
> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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