Maybe they could sell one-time exceptions. Like, give Livecode $100 and you can compile one version of one app closed source. So many options.
On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 6:39 PM, Monte Goulding <mo...@appisle.net> wrote: > > > On 1 Mar 2016, at 12:32 PM, Roger Guay <i...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > Once more, I point out that this might be a good new revenue stream for > LC!!! Does it hurt anyone? > > > I guess it could hurt everyone that depends on the platform if it undercut > the Indy license too much. One thing we know for sure is that with the Indy > price rise being staged effectively over a couple of years since the first > rise that the company is being more than fair with its current user base by > giving them the opportunity to lock in current prices for the long term. > > Whether as the price of Indy rises a space is created for some kind of > Indy Lite remains to be seen. However, I might suggest it would be > difficult to find the right mix of features for it… Should it have no code > protection but still allow proprietary licenses? Perhaps it should be > royalty based or only allow free apps? Maybe it should have splash screens > on standalones? Maybe individual platform licenses? What about a set fee > per platform per standalone build? Maybe everything that can be easily > removed from LC could be an addon at extra cost (database, xml, widgets > etc)? > > So many options that even if the company had something in this space it > still won’t meet everyones needs. > > Cheers > > Monte > _______________________________________________ > 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
