There will be a commercial code escrow option too, but that will be aimed at larger companies and be specific to their individual use of the platform.
Kind regards, Kevin Kevin Miller ~ ke...@runrev.com ~ http://www.runrev.com/ LiveCode: Unleash Your Killer App On 04/02/2013 17:45, "Mark Wieder" <mwie...@ahsoftware.net> wrote: >Dr. Hawkins <dochawk@...> writes: > >> The OSS branch can never get orphaned. The commercial branch can, >>however ... >> >> Now I'm musing about ways to deal with that; perhaps an exception that >> allows the proprietary standalone to be built if certain events occur? >> a cod escrow? > >Thank you. I've been waiting for someone to notice this. > >One of the obstacles to LiveCode's acceptance in the Real World is that >there's >a single point of failure: what happens if something happens to RunRev? >They go >out of business (now it's *me* thinking the unthinkable), they get >acquired by >Larry Ellison, they do the HyperCard thing and just disappear... > >With a closed source engine and no code escrow we're all out of luck. And >that's >a serious impediment for any company that's thinking about investing their >future in LiveCode as a platform. By open-sourcing the engine we've got >several >options. The community can take it forward, the code can get forked, our >investment is future-proof. The only things that wouldn't be covered are >the >parts that you would need a commercial license for: stack protection, >etc, and >that's the same situation we have today. It would be nice if a code escrow >arrangement could be worked out for those, but first things first. > >-- > Mark Wieder > mwie...@ahsoftware.net > >...now that I've seen "cod escrow" I can't unsee it... > > > > >_______________________________________________ >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 _______________________________________________ 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
