[HN Gopher] LiveCode drops its open source support
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LiveCode drops its open source support
Author : AlphaGeekZulu
Score : 44 points
Date : 2021-08-31 17:23 UTC (16 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (livecode.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (livecode.org)
| tomc1985 wrote:
| The fact that I have to stare at a blue loading bar for a good 10
| seconds before I see _any_ content means I won 't be using
| LiveCode for _any_ reason... lack of open source notwithstanding.
| homarp wrote:
| "LiveCode is a modern day HyperCard" -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24874102
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| Formerly Revolution (itself built on MetaCard ) per
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveCode
|
| "Going OpenSource" was kickstarted - $530k
| https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755283828/open-source-...
| yjftsjthsd-h wrote:
| > "Going OpenSource" was kickstarted - $530k
|
| Well that really amps up the scumminess. Sounds like some
| people should go ask for a refund.
| CodesInChaos wrote:
| Getting the promised version (plus ~7 years of updates) as
| open source doesn't sound like a bad deal to me.
| yjftsjthsd-h wrote:
| If the kickstarter had been "FOSS for 7 years including
| free updates", then I'd have no problem with it. Of course,
| nobody would have paid for that, which moves the whole
| thing closer to "fraud" territory other than the fact that
| they _probably_ didn 't plan this at the time.
| abeyer wrote:
| But it doesn't _stop_ being FOSS... it just stops getting
| the backing of the business. This is no different an
| outcome than if the business simply failed after seven
| years, which is also always a possibility.
| pwdisswordfish0 wrote:
| CLAs are not in your interests, people. This is what they bring
| to the table, and it's the _only_ thing. To benefit someone else
| (the people asking to to sign it), not you. Stop agreeing to
| them.
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