Re: Euphoria will be Free and Open Source!
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:58:51 -0700, Al Getz <guest at RapidEuphoria.com>
wrote:
>Hi there Pete,
>
>Sounds very interesting. Are you saying you dont want to go
>open source with your interpreter?
Half-and-half. The front end is open source, the back end is not,
which is not entirely dissimilar to other open source compilers that
cannot change the x86 instruction set underneath them.
You can add eg goto but can only share it as open source.
Registering a modified open source compiler (so that executables
generated can be distributed) would be no different to registering the
standard freeware version, in fact recompilation would keep any
existing status intact, I think.
While this empowers the user to get the job done, it does not grant
the ability to make money from modifying the sources, at least not
without keeping me in the loop somewhere.
>Just wondering, what kind of license do you want for Open Eu ?
Something similar, perhaps. If Rob stops making money from Eu, how
long are www.rapideuphoria , EUforum, and the archives going to last?
I am not saying that Rob has any such intentions right now, but think
about it: why would anyone remove a money-making millstone from around
their neck but keep the much-less-money-making one going?
>Also, couldnt get to your link,,,something wrong maybe?
Fixed, sorry about that.
Regards,
Pete
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