Yes, true.
Does the commercial version not contain options comparable like LC Indy
e.g. Encrypting or otherwise?
Thanks for your answer.
Op 21-5-2020 om 18:21 schreef Richard Gaskin via use-livecode:
JeeJeeStudio wrote:
> Op 20-5-2020 om 21:18 schreef Richard Gaskin via use-livecode:
>> It would be helpful to have a convenient way to obtain the URL to the
>> latest stable version of LC Server, to automate deployments.
>>
>> I don't believe the company provides that, do they?
>>
>> Without a company-maintained URL, I suppose one could write a
>> function that relies on a scraper for the downloads.liveocde.com
>> page. Has anyone here done that?
>
>
> that's not the same version as the one you can download from
> livecode.com when you log-in. Community vs commercial
True, but my focus on the Community Edition is based on two
considerations:
1. The proprietary edition requires an account-specific licensing key
which AFAIK precludes external automation.
2. The proprietary edition is very rarely needed.
Most modern server solutions are open source, and many use GPL
specifically, including not only LiveCode but also MySQL, MariaDB,
Neo4j, MediaWiki, NextCloud, Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, Git, Ansible,
and a good many more.
The GPL being a distribution license, proprietary edition of LiveCode
Server would be needed only in those cases where the developer is
distributing a server solution for other devs making server solutions,
and where they want their own code to be under proprietary license. I
can imagine such a specific use may case exist in our community, but I
haven't yet come across it.
For services accessed over a network, the code remains on the server
and is not distributed to the user. So open source, even GPL, is a
very good fit for web sites, apps, and other network-delivered services.
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