OpenEuphoria

Re: Open Euphoria Licence

• Posted by Matt Lewis <matthewwalkerlewis at gmail.com> Sep 27, 2006
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Bernie Ryan wrote:
> 
> 
> I keep reading on this list about how you are going to need
> version control and all these developers are going to do
> this and that.

I think a centrally managed version control will be important.  How often
have we asked Rob about what he's done?  This will be a more open way
to share that info, since the code and all the changes can be shared.
Anyone can grab the latest version from the repository and build or modify
to their heart's content (my vote is for subversion, in case anyone is
counting).

Not everyone is interested in doing that, but the same can be said of 
any other project.  How many people do you think look at the Firefox 
CVS compared to the user base?  Not many.  But so what?

> My question is who are all these developers and where are they
> going to come from.
> 
> I only know of maybe 3 or 4 users on this list that have the skills
> to modify and incorporate changes into the source that would make
> Euphoria improvements.

I can think of a few more than that.  And there are some who are no longer
regulars on this list who might become interested again by the prospect
of the source opening up.

> I think that this open-source rush to judgement is blinding a lot
> of ordinary users into beleving that something magic is going
> to happen to Euphoria and 100 new developers are going suddenly
> to appear at RDS door demanding a copy of the source so they can improve it.

What if it's only 5?  What if I want to make my own version for my own 
use?  I don't understand what your complaint is.

> How many times has someone said "I'am going to develop a open-source
> version of Euphoria" and it died on the vine ?

Well, now we have the real deal.  The hard stuff is available, and we can
work on polishing and adding stuff to a well constructed base.
 
> Euphoria has to be found and accepted by many more users then
> it presently has. Mean while you wait for the developers to show up
> you are going to lose all the users that develop libraries because
> the incentive for developing the libriares will disappear; ie
> micro-bucks.

Is that why you develop libraries?  Is the goal to get Euphoria for free,
or just for the reputation aspect?  Because now you definitely get the
code for free, and Rob has said that he plans to continue the MicroEconomy
in some fashion, so there'll still be a way to build a reputation for your
code.

Seriously, why is this making you so grumpy?  I get the feeling that there's
some other issue or motive that you haven't mentioned here.

Matt Lewis