RE: Euphoria will be Free and Open Source!
> Subject: Re: Euphoria will be Free and Open Source!
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> posted by: Vincent <darkvincentdude at yahoo.com>
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> Woah! That is huge news.
>
> This will change everything.
>
> First I'd like to say it shouldn't be opened up as Public
> Domain, where some company could just aquire it as their own.
> There needs to be an open-source license to keep it
> open-source. I think the LGPL would be a decent license like
> Matt said. But people are going to have to vote for which
> license they want. How about a poll people?
>
> This is also the chance to give Euphoria the features it really needs!
>
> 1) Direct variable assignment
> 2) Pre-emptive thread safety
> 4) POSIX compliant threading API
> 5) 64 bit integers; 32 bit integers
> 6) 64 bit interpreters; compilers
> 7) Variable_id(), version() routines
> 8) Expression evalution features
> 9) Microsoft .NET port for Vista
> 10) Better interfacing with C/C++
>
> As for RDS. They can still make money!
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> 1) Proffessional Euphoria support
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> 2) Contract programming services
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> 3) Donations to pay domain costs
> and living expensives. 
>
> 4) Hosting more ads (not banners)
> on the Euphoria webpage and
> EUForum.
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> 5) Continue providing ListFilter
> products and services.
>
> The Euphoria Wiki was a great inititive as well. Most
> open-source projects have wikis to accompany official documentation.
>
> Great move Rob!
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>
> Regards,
> Vincent
>
Seconding you on every count, and voting for a LGPL license too.
This is indeed a great move. We as a small community will have to learn to
absorb it and put up some sort of road map. Also perhaps discern tasks and
groups of tasks, and assign a few people as responsible for performing,
coordinating and evaluating them. All in keeping with the open source spirit
and ethics.
Congratulations, Rob / RDS !
Perhaps I'll become a bit more involved than I now am ;)
CChris
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