Dear Mark, We will be offering a dual license. You can use the GPL license and release your source code, or you can purchase a commercial license and continue to publish closed source apps.
Regards, Heather On 29 Jan 2013, at 09:52, Mark Schonewille 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? > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > KvK: 50277553 > > Use Color Converter to convert CMYK, RGB, RAL, XYZ, H.Lab and other colour > spaces. http://www.color-converter.com > > We have time for new software development projects. Contact me for a quote. > > On 14 January, we suffered severe server problems. If you tried to send an > e-mail between 13 and 18 January and didn't get a reply, please try again. > > > > > 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 >> http://www.runrev.com/ >> LiveCode - Unleash Your Killer App >> > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode Heather Laine Customer Services Manager http://www.runrev.com/ LiveCode - Unleash Your Killer App _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
