Re: Euphoria will be Free and Open Source!
Robert Craig wrote:
>
> Big News!
>
> I woke up this morning, the sun was shining, the birds
> were singing, and ...
The birds are singing here also now!!
> After considering various ways to make a big impact
> on the future of Euphoria for v3.0, including various schemes
> to partially open up the source while still retaining some
> income, I have finally decided to make Euphoria completely
> free of charge, and completely open source.
My opinion (for whats it's worth) is that you are doing the 'right thing'. I
really think that now the baby you have nurtured and protected for so long could
really grow and take off (next step world domination!).
> I'm not going anywhere, but I expect that I will do
> somewhat less low-level coding and testing, and more coordinating
> and integrating of code that others develop. I will keep
> the Web site going as usual, and keep a usable version
> of Euphoria, that has my "blessing", on it at all times.
> (I'll allow other non-blessed versions as well.)
I (like the majority of other users it seems) would not want to see it fragment
into a multitude of variations (that, I think, would be a 'death of a thousand
cuts'). There are bound to be some specific versions (like oop maybe), but for it
to really start growing there must be an 'official' version so I'm in favour of a
version that has your 'blessing' however I hope that blessing will not be
withheld on features that the majority want but you would have rejected in the
past..
Looking forward to some exciting times!!
regards PeteS
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