[REBOL] Re: It's NOT Free.. (was) Re: Re: The future of Rebol - achieving criti
From: belymt:saunalahti:fi at: 22-May-2001 1:03
Looks like that new license was kind a big suprise to many list readers.
I'm happy I found about these new restrictions before I spend more time to
learn this and trying to get it used on our system. (Although I allready
ordered copy of 'Rebol for Dummies' book that I have not yet
received.. Perhaps I use this language on home sometime..)
At 12:15 21.5.2001 -0500, you wrote:
>From: "Joanna Kurki"
> > > > > The basics (/Core and /View) ARE free.
> >
> > They are free only on personal, non profit use..
> >
> > See http://www.rebol.com/products.html
> > Rebol/view "Price: Free for non-commercial use.
> > Commercial licenses are $99 per CPU. "
> > Rebol/core "Price: Free for non-commercial use.
> > Commercial licenses are $79 per CPU."
....
> > But that pricing scheme is too high for me to
> > sell my boss and clients..
> > Sorry. ;-(
>
>Hi, Joanna,
>If you are looking at larger scale distribution, perhaps you should
>contact REBOL Technologies about your plan and get a real quote. There
>is a chance that you may be misinterpreting the idea behind the
>licensing scheme. Th price of an email asking them about your specific
>ideas is "free"! You may be surprised.
I'm allready surprised.. but not so positively. I can't use it to help my
(or other Co-workers) jobs because it will be 'commercial', I can't send
small host-independent scripts to our clients cause it's commercial..
>BTW, I still like your version of the pdf generation idea.
>--Scott Jones
Making it in Rebol or my current hack (with free Unix tools)? At least hack
worked and it did not require any costly licenses.. (there are two pdf
-writer libraries available for PHP.. but both had similar (and even more
expensive) licenses.. )
Joanna
PS: In case anyone wonders why I'm so cynical on this issue.. I have been
mp3.com artist (making some kind of music in free time) and I have learned
a lot about legalities and American company ethics in last 6 months. :-(
PS2: I'm not against payments or licenses etc.. But I'm against changing
the rules on the way.. I understand Rebol people needs to make money on
selling Rebol but IMHO you are taking quite a big risk here...
