Open Source LiveCode Project

[Björnke von Gierke]

The idea is to get a lot more open source using customers compared to the user base right now. That should also increasing the commercial versions sold greatly. They'll probably change the store to include other, upscale versions of licenses. For example mySQL doesn't even have a price. You call them and they then ask anything between thousand and millions, direct payments or monthly payments, depending on the size of deployment, size of company etc.

One additional thing is that one can't sell open source versions on neither of the two app stores by Apple (ios and mac).

Finally, the open source version is of course completely free of support, and you can't use password protected stacks with it (that means a lot of the revVendor add-ons won't work with the open source version).

On 29.01.2013, at 11:13, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote:

> Perhaps I didn't cared too much about open source and GPL3 in the past and I
> don't understand it correct, but could somebody explain to me, what the
> benefit for runrev is on this project, beside getting glory and honor?
> How can runrev survive, if a great bunch of developers go to gpl and don't
> pay anymore for their licences? Will there still be enough paying customers
> of runrev, so that runrev can keep on developing LC?
> Tiemo
> 
> 
> 
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im
> Auftrag
>> von Heather Laine
>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. Januar 2013 10:36
>> An: How to use LiveCode
>> Betreff: Open Source LiveCode Project
>> 
>> 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
>> http://www.runrev.com/
>> LiveCode - Unleash Your Killer App
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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