So much for keeping it civil and personal attack free.

Not my maturity level at stake here.


I'm not trying to prove anything here. My/Our results will show it for what it needs to be.

A wise man once mused:


Liar - Lawyer, mirror for you; show me what's the difference?


I don't care about the legal aspects of it. I just know it's lame to take an open source project, do a small mod to it, and then try to sell it as a product you designed. People that do things like that won't be getting a penny from me. S


omeone mentioned the subscription fees for Mandriva linux and the like. That isn't a fair comparison at all, because with those plans you are getting something beyond what the open source version gives you. You are getting professional support, and exclusive installer packages etc.


All that said, I'm curious to see if lifetankx will truely be reborn. If it is, and it's free like it should be, I'll certainly try it out. I just had to throw in my 2 cents, weather you like it or not, about the idea of charging for something that already had the hard work done before you took it over.

 

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going to ask a question, dont get mad bc im sure to yall its a dumb one, bu if yall dont charge bc of the coe, btu didnt el tank charge? i seem to remember ppl saying somethign about having to pay to get a version?


or was that something else and nothing to do w/ this at all?

 

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Good old lifetank is still alive as I can see ;p


When I first released the source code of the plugin, it was clearly said that it must stay in the public domain and no profit must be made over it. If you want to sell stuff, create your own product.


I think this says it all since he is the original coder of this plugin

 

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"I just know it's lame to take an open source project, do a small mod to it, and then try to sell it as a product you designed."


As you said... a modified version with more features, support...


This could infact be a fee based or subscription based.


We don't really HAVE to release it to the public. We could always make a encrypted and secure version which only clan members who are APPROVED can obtain.


Public was just an option!

"We could always make a encrypted and secure version which only clan members who are APPROVED can obtain." - Lil-Blub


Technically you could, but just ask Elgar how hard that is to create and maintain... also ask him how hard it is to hack it.


Security is only as good as the best hacker who wants access.. if one person does it, you're out of luck. If one person breaks the ecurity, then they can potentially leak it to everyone else, and you're stuck with your foot in your mouth wondering how that happened.


And obsurity is only as good as the time it takes to make it.. a general rule of thumb is.. if it takes you longer to MAKE the security and obscurity than it does for some smart hacker to BREAK it, then it's not worth doing because it would be a waste of everyone's time.


If you really ever consider putting in security, I'd recommend talking to professionals in the field and getting some tips and tricks to help make it more secure. I don't know who you have on your programming team currently, but I don't know a whole lot of qualified people in AC who aren't either already part of Decal, or don't give a crap about LifeTank or other plugins. There are a few exceptions I can think of, but the majority of people I know who have the skills have either moved on, or are currently working on Decal.

Foxy,


For a very short period of time, after a particularly bad period, Elgar had eltank "Subscription Based", if you donated, you were granted access... if you asked, you were granted access... the donations were never required, but as with most things, the full truth is never a requirement to form an opinion.


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In the case of Life Tank, if it gets updated, it will get updated, until then, it will not work with Decal 7...


If you want to rush the update process, why not go donate to who ever it is that is doing the updates now...


Oh, and just because...


Howdy Spk, how's life been treating you? (I remember you )

yada yada yada.... bla bla bla....


IMO everyone stop complaining about everything, you should be glad that we are trying to atleast keep Lifetank X alive for everyone who uses it.


SO STOP COMPLAINING! If you want to see something added or removed in the Lifetank X Reborn then post it on the Forums at www.legionoffury.org < Enough said.

I stopped reading after about the 5th post and my head was sore at that stage :-(

 

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