OpenEuphoria

Re: GPL

• Posted by Adam Weeden <adam_weeden at HOTMAIL.COM> Feb 25, 2000
• 454 views

>From: Robert Craig <rds at ATTCANADA.NET>
>Reply-To: Euphoria Programming for MS-DOS <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
>To: EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
>Subject: Re: GPL
>Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 00:27:42 -0500
>
>Bernie Ryan writes:
>
> > I don't see how open source mode would make RDS money ???
>
>I'm "open" to the open source idea, but whenever
>I add up the pros and cons, it comes out looking
>like a risky and irreversible action. If things were
>going poorly it would be easy to try something like
>this, but at the moment registrations are coming in
>at a record pace.
>
>I've considered including the source as a registration
>option for an additional fee. I don't know what I
>would charge. It could be anywhere from $50 to $1000.
>That would be different from "open source", and I would
>impose restrictions on what you could do with the source.
>Essentially, the RDS legal department  would not
>allow you to distribute the source, or compete directly
>with RDS on the platforms that RDS already has. You
>could make enhancements for your own use, but you
>could not distribute an enhanced version of Euphoria,
>unless it was for a non-RDS platform.
>
>Provided people played by the rules, it might work out ok.
>Enforcing the rules could be a problem.
>
>Regards,
>    Rob Craig
>    Rapid Deployment Software
>    http://www.RapidEuphoria.com

What are the chances we could get our hands on an outdated release of the Eu
source code. (Like version 1.5 or less?)  I think this would give a lot of
us some good ideas on how to develop our own scripted language.

Thanx for even considering it,
Adam Weeden
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