Question about BlitzMax license

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Perturbatio

(Posted 2004) [#1]

Has the license been sorted to prevent another coolbasic rip off? It would be a shame to see this happen given the number of years Mark has spent on it.

Damien Sturdy

(Posted 2004) [#2]

Ask it in the blitzmax forum!!!!!

Jeroen

(Posted 2004) [#3]

HE CAN'T!
You have to register the product in order to have post rights, which is a bit silly, for evaluation purposes I personally would have granted access to the "Bmax evaluation forum" or sumthing.

Damien Sturdy

(Posted 2004) [#4]

heheheh... oh.. me silly ^.^
And sorry for the rant style of post- im realy in a great mood :D

Jeroen

(Posted 2004) [#5]

The Blitzmax product page is not very clear.
It says:

Note: You only need to buy one version. Once you have
registered your BlitzMax purchase, you will be able to 
download other versions as they become available.

I mailed the Sales department about this, because "other versions" can be interpreted as:
1. Future upgrades
2. Other platforms

Quite a difference :-)

Bot Builder

(Posted 2004) [#6]

I'm pretty sure its other platforms, but we'll see :)

skidracer

(Posted 2004) [#7]

Yes, it means the Linux and Windows versions.

Perturbatio

(Posted 2004) [#8]

so umm... what about my question?

big10p

(Posted 2004) [#9]

Perturbatio, what is this "coolbasic rip off" then?

Perturbatio

(Posted 2004) [#10]

coolbasic is a wrapper for Blitz3D which simply distributes a compiled bb.exe for free and lets the users access all the blitz commands using a scripting language.

big10p

(Posted 2004) [#11]

:O ...I see what you mean about "rip off". :/

GW	(Posted 2004) [#12]

I wouldnt worry about it. Coolbasic is not any kind of violation. I hope the license stays the same.

Perturbatio

(Posted 2004) [#13]

I never said coolbasic was a violation of the license.

I have a great issue with someone distributing a product for free that I am paying for simply because of a loophole in the license.

Dreamora

(Posted 2004) [#14]

coolbasic like thing can't be done anymore I think as not changable code is attached to the core anymore ... just because it allowes inclusion of C .libs

and coolbasic disappeared again as well.