Re: Open Discussion (Euphoria)
Hi Vincent,
I totally agree with you that we do not need the source to create add-ons
for Euphoria, and that would be great if Euphoria had a large user base.
Unfortunately a few hundred people do not justify the time, effort, and
money associated with releasing a product, especially when the product
is a low ticket item. It would be better for my company to create our own
flavor of EU with features not supported by the current version. It is not
only an IDE, compiler, etc..etc I want to add. Myself and others have already
come to realize EU is not going to progress as other languages because of
the many limitations being put on it. Robert has released the source code,
but there are limitations on how you use the RDS version. The public domain
EU version is not then same as the RDS C version, and Robert purposely did
that so there would not be any competition to RDS. Robert knows if he
allows others to use the source code freely with no limitations whatsoever,
other versions will surpass the RDS version overnight. In some ways I do not
blame him, but if you are going to release a product as open source, do not
put any limitations on it. I have a high esteem for Robert, but after 12
years it is time to allow others to create their own flavors of the language.
PS: The laws regarding source code is quite interesting. Although Robert has
put limitations on how people can use the source, if someone alters it
significantly, he cannot seek legal action. That is one of the reasons
why you cannot patent source code.
--Chris
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