Asking for an e-mail address is a small thing to ask for.
But _forcing_, rather than _asking_, isn't quite the same thing.
-------- Personal blether starts now -------
I don't feel capable in a big way to contribute to LiveCode development,
so I do try to send bug reports in when I fall over 'bugs'.
I am still wondering about trying to make a simplified interface for
some sort of
cut-down version of LiveCode using block-programming [ c.f. Scratch and
so on ].
I was wondering about having a script-editor with blocks . . .
Whether that would actually constitute devloping FOR Livecode is a moot
point.
One of my motives for considering it is that it might fuel greater
uptake at the child-teenage-educational
end of the spectrum working on the theory that children who start with
Livecode via block-programming
might progress to "proper" Livecode programming after a while.
Unfortunately I suspect that my idea is, like the ideas of many would-be
contributors, quite far
down the list of my day-to-day priorities: running a school, teaching,
developing my Devawriter Pro,
Professional Development, being a husband and a father, and so on and so
forth . . . I do hope that
in June/Jult/August I will find both the time and the energy to get
started on this . . . and, who knows,
some folk may deide to join in the "fun", although I haven't noticed
much "communal'" stuff going
on in this "community" to be honest.
------ Personal blether ends ----
And it is, indeed a gae richt scunner anent maist fowk's glisk til the
free version, but I for yin
amnae ma brither's keeper nor dictator forbye.
Richmond.
On 3/9/17 11:32 pm, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote:
On 3/9/2017 1:02 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote:
If you decide you don't wish to donate right now you still have to
specify a name and an e-mail
address.
So: NO anonymous download unless you happen to have previously
bookmarked:
downloads.livecode.com/livecode/
Not good.
In this age of massive invasion of privacy by governments, corporations,
and unpleasant groups and individuals, I can respect not wanting to
provide a name and email address for all sorts of reasons.
However, on the flip side, LiveCode Open Source (which I backed) may
have been a mistake. I backed the Open Source kickstarter for 2 reasons:
(1) in hopes more people would develop for LiveCode; and (2) so the
source would be there in the worst case scenario that LiveCode, Ltd went
kaput. The cost to switch our products to another language would be the
end of our business.
With 75% of downloads being Community, only 25% of the user base is
paying for 100% of the development. The idea being that those that get
LiveCode for free would, in some part, contribute back to the Open
Source effort that, in turn, expands the commercial offerings. The
statistics show that is only minimally happening and not in any way to
support the cost of giving LiveCode to 75% of the user base free. I hope
this changes.
In this context, asking for a email address in an attempt to market to
the people free access to LiveCode is a small thing to ask for. If the
open source side of the house doesn't add more capabilities to LiveCode
or self-support itself through voluntary contributions to a greater
degree over time, then the practical reality is that it will ultimately
fail.
I hope that it does not fail.
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