I to was hoping to create a few open source apps however the $399 would create a large barrier to contributions.
Are there any plans for an alternative licence or product for open source and hobbyist development. Cheers, Daniel Hughes On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 3:38 AM, Christopher David Howie <m...@chrishowie.com> wrote: > I'm interested in using the MonoDroid/MonoTouch technologies, > specifically MonoDroid, for developing F/LOSS software. However, with > the current pricing model of MonoTouch ($399/year for one developer) > this is incredibly cost-prohibitive. > > As the Android platform is more open, are there any plans to make > MonoDroid available for free or at a substantially reduced cost for > hobbyist/FLOSS developers? I'm not paying 400 bucks so I can write > stuff for fun on my own time. > > -- > Chris Howie > http://www.chrishowie.com > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers > > If you correspond with me on a regular basis, please read this document: > http://www.chrishowie.com/email-preferences/ > > PGP fingerprint: 2B7A B280 8B12 21CC 260A DF65 6FCE 505A CF83 38F5 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER > > This document should be read only by those persons to whom it is > addressed. If you have received this message it was obviously addressed > to you and therefore you can read it. > > Additionally, by sending an email to ANY of my addresses or to ANY > mailing lists to which I am subscribed, whether intentionally or > accidentally, you are agreeing that I am "the intended recipient," and > that I may do whatever I wish with the contents of any message received > from you, unless a pre-existing agreement prohibits me from so doing. > > This overrides any disclaimer or statement of confidentiality that may > be included on your message. > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - mono-l...@lists.ximian.com > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - Mono-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list