Open source, closed source, and the value of code

[Robert Mann]

Spot on! Thanks Jacqueline, That is exactly the choice I have :

1. make a viewer of a special kind of media aggregate with the community
version under GPL
& deliver these media aggregate in a separate file under whatever license.
(plus i'll document that format so that others can produce such content)

--> I can crunch in a specialized in house editor
--> content will be more "industrialized" not as rich visually,
just like an app instead of the original hypercard spirit mix of app + book.
--> not ok for iOs distribution

2. create fully contained mixed apps+content in the spirit oh hypercard, non
GPL, with livecode commercial edition.
--> ok for iOs distribution

to which I add :

3. have a tier party do the viewer ready for iOs and let me concentrate on
the in house editor.
--> ok for iOs distibution

4. switch to web service for distribution which is something I do "master"
thanks to revIgniter bootcamp and some in house development i've done in
that view.
--> ok for wider usage/distribution
--> if third parties/individuals  wish to produce content, I can either open
source the in house editor or sell it with a commercial version.

5. see in the future if live code HTML5 can help produce better quality
content for the web, that would match the quality of interaction we once
upon a time had with hypercard stacks!

And the winner is : number 4 (the web app path) considering that for kids,
having to install one more app on a phone is to my point of view not ideal.
Also dealing with separate content is subject of problems on my android
phone.

So as conclusion,  the "evolution" from the hypercard time is  internet, web
pages, web apps.
bye bye stacks.

So that is it for the issue number 3 for me // many thanks all and I hope it
can help others have a clearer view of the impact of licensings schemes in
their plans.
RObert





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