OpenEuphoria

Re: More Eu Source Questions

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Jul 17, 2001
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Tony Bucholtz writes:
> Will the source code release include "utility" things 
> like binding, shrouding and scrambling?

Scrambling is a feature that can't be revealed
to anyone without compromising the security of already-bound
or already-shrouded code. In general, binding and shrouding
are currently features that you pay for, and will likely
remain so in 2.3. You would therefore not get any of the
source code that supports these features, e.g. bind.ex (unscrambled)
or certain portions of the interpreter.

> Will we be able to recycle the existing Euphoria docco for our own
> Eu mutations, rather than recreating the whole lot from scratch?

Yes, as long as you make it clear that you started with our docs
and you changed them.

> How will the source release be copyrighted? 
> Do you have a preferred licencing model in mind?

I'm not using an existing licencing model such
as GNU, BSD etc.
You'll be able to do just about anything with
the source except redistribute it or build back in the features that
RDS is currently selling in our Complete Edition.
With a currently supported C compiler, or some 
new compiler you port to, you'll be able to enhance our free
Public Domain Edition and distribute and sell your changes
in binary form.

> will the lack of library source code restrict our ability to change 
> Eu for new (C compatible) native data types, new syntax, etc? 
> What bits of Eu are actually *in* the library?

I'm not sure what you mean.
You will get all the source you need to build 
and modify the Public Domain interpreter on Windows, DOS
and Linux. That includes the source to the run-time library 
used by both the interpreter and the Translator. 
The run-time library contains
subroutines that are called from the main interpreter
loop, and are also called by Euphoria code translated to C,
e.g. printf(), dir(), sin(), ... etc. 
I'm only offering the source code package
to registered users of both the interpreter and 
the translator. For 2.3 at least, I'm not planning 
to release the source to the Translator itself.

Disclaimer: The above statements are my current thinking 
on this matter. It is all subject to change before 2.3 is released.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com