> My end of the conversation dealt with that's already here: > Andre and others have server frameworks that run on a license > that's free. I mentioned repeatedly to you that the license > for faceless use had historically always been free, for more > than a decade before RunRev acquired the engine. > > At that time you didn't ask me for the location of that > document, and didn't even cast any doubts about how I > described that license, as you did here yesterday. But if > you need it now at least you have it.
I always assume you are telling me the truth Richard :-) > My only question for you was whether RunRev would continue > this tradition. I feel it would be as good an idea today as > it was when Dr. > Raney first came up with it as a way of introducing the > language in an interesting space that doesn't impair sales of > the GUI product. > > I still don't have the answer to that question; it's not > addressed in the v2.7 license, so for the moment anyone > wishing to evangelize Transcript use for servers has to > recommend the older engine. The 2.7.x license doesn't reiterate the right to freely use the engine for that purpose, right. I don't want to get into a debate on this, but I want to set expectations that server-side scripting is something that's getting taken very seriously and being planned very carefully when it comes to licensing. A yes or no answer spells out a strategy that Runtime isnt prepared yet to articulate right now. > I don't understand: I don't see a BSD or Solaris forum > there, and I couldn't find either build in the pub/engines/ > folder at ftp.runrev.com. Solaris got tossed in with the other 'nixs on the forum. > I use a host that maintains a server farm preconfigured for > using the engine (TierraNet.com), but they use BSD so until I > get a new build I have to use the old one. > > Fortunately the old engine handles the basics well for server > use so it's not that critical. Okay, that's good. > >> I've been using Transcript as my language-of-choice on my servers > >> since before RunRev Ltd. was born. It's nice that the world is > >> finally changing so I no longer feel the need to apologize > for that > >> choice (remember the '90s when people wrote web apps in C? Ewwww). > > > > Now Rich, you arent the sort who gets enraged when he sees Grateful > > Dead stickers on SUVs, right?:-) > > That one's lost on me. Writing web apps in C is pretty > craptastic given > its productivity relative to higher-level languages; note > that the current buzz is about "Ruby on Rails", not "C on Rails". ;) I wouldn't want to do it. > While many of my friends love the Dead I don't have any of > their albums, and none of their music was written in a > strongly-typed compiled language. Well there's a thought - if musicians wrote code, what would they write in? > I own an SUV but mostly for camping; I drive only about once > a week or less, and between the metro train and compact > fluorescents and other conservation actions I take my > personal BTU consumption is far below that of most sedan > owners. And neither SUVs nor sedans can be easily configured > for CGI use. > > :\ But this has set you thinking, hasn't it? :-) Best regards, Lynn Fredricks Worldwide Business Operations Runtime Revolution, Ltd _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution