Re: [Fwd: Anyone programming Windows apps in Forth?]

I actually was not point MINOS out to use, rather I was pointing
it out as a model of what an RAD is in forth.

>
> While I am delighted there are people working outside the more or less
> standard commercial models, I have to make a living at this. So I need to
> follow two rules:
>
> 1. Avoid PD and/or beta releases. I'll be spending about a year working
on
> this next project, and I simply cannot afford to use a Forth that is not
up
> to commercial standards. There may be others, but the only two Forth
> providers I know for sure are producing commercial grade Forths are Forth,
> Inc. and MPE.
>
> 2. As you point out, avoid overly restricted licenses. Most all licenses
> are restricted in one way or another, but the ones that have a political
> agenda are pretty difficult to negotiate, and rarely worth the bother.
>
> John
>
> Algorithmic Arts
> http://algoart.com
>
>
> >Bernard Payson, who programs with Gforth, has similar toolkit for Rapid
GUI
> >Development calledMinos: http://www.jwdt.com/~paysan/bigforth.html#MINOS
but
> >stresses,
> >
> >"MINOS is available under the GPL, not the LGPL. I want to stress that
this
> >means you cannot develop applications with it that are not either under
the
> >GPL, or distributed seperately as sources, just as with other GPLed
> >libraries (for example, readline). For people wanting to develop
> >applications with it that are under different licencing conditions, a
> >commercial licence is available at request so that MINOS can be a choice
for
> >proprietary systems, too. I'll certainly give major contributors a fair
> >share."
> >
> >So it is prohibitive. Yet, it is an example of a Rapid Gui Development
> >toolkit. I think it could be
> >fairly simple to program since it would be a toolkit but would be time
> >consuming. But afterwards,
> >it would be easy to customize and re-use code.
>
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