Quartam Color Library 1.0.0 Available as Open Source

Today, February 29th 2012, Quartam Software <www.quartam.com> is proud to 
announce the release of Quartam Color Library for LiveCode version 1.0.0, as 
open source under a dual license. Quartam Color Library for LiveCode helps 
developers manage color schemes, convert color definitions to and from 
red-green-blue triplets, and derive brighter or darker colors for an attractive 
and consistent user interface.

## So what can I do with it?

Quartam Color Library makes it easier to apply colors as found in HTML pages, C 
and Java code, even if they were defined as CSS 3 standard color names, raw 
hexadecimal values or in HSV, HSB or CMYK. In addition, you can derive brighter 
or darker colors using several algorithms. Finally, you can store these colors 
in a central repository using custom names.
Best of all, it is written in 100% LiveCode, no externals needed!
And it works 
for your version and platform: Revolution 2.8.1 through LiveCode 5.0.2 on 
Desktop (Windows, Mac and Linux), Server (LiveCode Server and On-Rev) and 
Mobile (iOS and Android)

## How do you mean: open source under a dual license?

Although Quartam Color Library is a free/open source software (F/OSS) project, 
giving you a lot of freedom and flexibility as to how you use it in your own 
projects, this doesn't mean you're free to do anything you want with it: you 
have to respect the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) 
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html>.

You can be released from the requirements of the LGPL license by purchasing a 
commercial license from Quartam Software.

## How can I contribute to the Quartam Color Library project?

I'm glad you asked - the plan is to build a community around Quartam Color 
Library in order to streamline the development of newer versions. If you can 
help with squashing bugs, researching new features, improving documentation, or 
any other way, you're more than welcome to join us.

All you need to do is download, sign and email back the Quartam Open Source 
Contributor Agreement <http://www.quartam.com/qosca.pdf> so that your 
contributions can be incorporated into the project. Quartam Software has the 
role of project custodian, taking care of versioning and distribution.

So roll up your sleeves, download the first version and get stuck in!
<http://downloads.quartam.com/libqrtcolor_100_xplatform.zip>


Jan Schenkel.

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Quartam developer tools for LiveCode
www.quartam.com

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"As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time."  (La 
Rochefoucauld)


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