Linked by Joel Dahl on Sun 30th Jan 2011 20:22 UTC
The BSD licensed Portable C Compiler (PCC) is steadily on the road for a 1.0 release and is now able to compile a FreeBSD/amd64 CURRENT system with almost no changes. The current version of PCC has evolved from the original PCC developed at Bell Labs during the 1970s and has been maintained by Anders Magnusson and a small team of developers during the last decade. It has received more attention during the last few years, especially by OpenBSD and NetBSD people seeing it at as a viable option as a GCC replacement.
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RE[7]: Comment by bogomipz
by Nth_Man on Fri 4th Feb 2011 10:31
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I've also looked at the price of the commercial Qt license (I admit it left me breathless), it's almost twice my monthly pay so it's not for me
Unless you are planning to do something very strange... Qt will be of no cost for you.
That is to say, you can make "commercial" programs without the "commercial license".
Please see http://qt.nokia.com/products/licensing/
RE[8]: Comment by bogomipz
by vodoomoth on Fri 4th Feb 2011 12:45
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Member since:2010-03-30
Thanks for the info. I had read the licensing ten days ago when doing a little research on toolkits and languages. I had inferred that my using Qt without a commercial license would impose conditions on my commercial product. So I had decided that when I am ready to start, I will call them and have a little chat to make sure I understand the license terms.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/13/13 14:35 UTC
The third and final WWDC product I want to talk about is - of course - OS X 10.9 Mavericks. While iOS 7 was clearly the focus of this year's WWDC, its venerable desktop counterpart certainly wasn't left behind. Apple announced OS X 10.9 Mavericks, the first OS X release not to carry the name of a big cat.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/11/13 17:07 UTC
We already talked about iOS 7 yesterday (after a night of sleep, it's only looking worse and worse - look at this, for Fiona's sake!), so now it's time to talk about the downright stunning and belly flutters-inducing new Mac Pro. As former owner and huge, huge, huge fan of the PowerMac G4 Cube - I haven't been this excited about an Apple product since, well, I would say the iMac G4. This is the Apple I used to love.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/10/13 23:13 UTC
Apple held its big keynote event thing at WWDC earlier this evening, but since I was away with friends I've had to read up on it later in the evening. The company announced iOS 7, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, and they gave a preview of the new Mac Pro. Especially the Mac Pro impressed me, and while iOS 7's new Holo/Metro-inspired theme looks messy and garish to me, I do commend Apple for finally breaking the mold. This news item will focus on iOS 7 - I'll dive into the Mac Pro and OS X 10.9 tomorrow (it's late here now).
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/08/13 14:57 UTC
And yes, the PRISM scandal is far, far from over. More and more information keeps leaking out, and the more gets out, the worse it gets. The companies involved have sent out official statements - often by mouth of their CEOs - and what's interesting is that not only are these official statements eerily similar to each other, using the same terms clearly designed by lawyers, they also directly contradict new reports from The New York Times. So, who is lying?
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/07/13 11:40 UTC
This story is getting bigger and bigger. Even though most Americans probably already knew, it is now official: the United States government, through its National Security Agency, is collecting the communications and data of all American citizens, and of non-Americans using American services, through a wide collaboration with the large companies in technology, like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and so on. Interestingly enough, the NSA itself, as well as the US government, have repeatedly and firmly denied this massive spying on Americans and non-Americans took place at all.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/04/13 12:45 UTC
Ah, patents - the never-ending scourge of the technology industry. Whether wielded by companies who don't actually make any products, or large corporations who abuse them because they can't compete in the market place or because they're simply jerks, they do the industry a huge disservice and are simply plain dangerous. According to The Wall Street Journal (circumvention link), president Obama is about to take several executive actions to address patent trolls - which may seem like a good idea, but I am very worried that all this will do is strengthen the positions of notorious patent system abusers such as Apple and Microsoft.
Linked by nfeske on 05/31/13 10:12 UTC
With version 13.05, the developers of the Genode OS Framework take measures to ensure that Genode continues to scale well with a growing number of users and the steadily broadening platform coverage. Further highlights are the improved SoC support for Exynos 5, OMAP4, Raspberry Pi, i.MX, and new components for realizing headless systems.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/29/13 16:59 UTC
At the D11 conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook once again took the stage to be interviewed by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. While most of the interview can be replicated by picking and reading 10 random Apple fanblog stories - there were still a number of very interesting things that warrant some closer scrutiny.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/24/13 17:26 UTC
So, the Xbox One disaster continues. Microsoft's policy for dealing with the used games market has reportedly leaked - and it's a clear and direct attack to destroy the used games market. Prices for used games will be set at the retail value of a new game, and retailers have to hook into Microsoft's computer systems and comply with Microsoft's terms and conditions.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 21:38 UTC
At an event earlier today, Microsoft unveiled the next Xbox - the third model, but confusingly named Xbox One. The big focus was TV, integrated Kinect, and all the other stuff we all expected to be forced down our throats. I think it took them 25 minutes to actually come to what should be the core of the story: gaming. Nothing groundbreaking in the gaming department, except for how Microsoft intends to handle the used games market and borrowing games from friends: pay up, buddy!More Features »
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They know that their companies are not free to choose, that their governments are not free to choose and that... money from planned obsolescence is also paid in part by developers, as they are customers and citizens of a country.
That money and time does not go to the family of the developer, but to some interested parts.
So most of them... finally care about free software.
I am a developer and I contend your comment. You write things like developers working at software companies don't get compensated.
While I have made some free and open source code available, I still understand that compilers have a high price: I've studied and taught compilers. I've been looking for a C++ IDE for my next project and considered Visual Studio. Given the price tag, I came to the conclusion it wasn't a product for me so I've installed the CDT plugin on Eclipse for the time being.
I understand that quality basic bricks have a high price. While looking for tools, I've also looked at the price of the commercial Qt license (I admit it left me breathless), it's almost twice my monthly pay so it's not for me, at least not now. I'll be looking for a more affordable toolkit. When I can afford it, I will gladly pay because I know it'll fund future developments.
I think most developers appreciate free software but also, given that they're aware it doesn't magically appear as a result to prayers, chants and dances, developers also understand that software has a price. For instance, what OopsBackup offers is priceless to me, I've made donations to FreeCommander and even posted a forum topic asking uTorrent to set up a donation possibility. For some other users, Sibelius or Photoshop would also be priceless. Each of us developers assign a value to software products, just like any consumer assigns a value to goods; if the product happens to be below that value, or even free, then fine. Otherwise, we leave it alone and just sigh. I wouldn't be surprised if this description of what devs think and feel was the most accurate... but how would we know?