Re: ANN: PikoPixel pixel-art editor

[Josh Freeman]

On Sep 19, 2015, at 5:24 AM, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:

> Am 18.09.2015 um 21:57 schrieb Josh Freeman <gnustep_lists@twilightedge.com 
> >:
>
> >  PikoPixel is a free Mac OS X pixel-art editor that's currently in  
> > beta for its initial 1.0 release.
> >
> >  The latest beta version, 1.0 BETA5, is the first source-code  
> > release (AGPL v3), and the first version that also runs on GNUstep.
>
> A small question: it is the first time I hear about the AGPL and  
> wonder what the reasons for a client tool are to choose a license  
> which appears to be to guideline server operation instead of a plain  
> GPL?

   A GUI application could be modified and run from an app-streaming  
service - for example, something like:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnLive

   In that case, the AGPL's additional server-side clause keeps the  
modified source-code open.

Cheers,

Josh




> >  PikoPixel GNUstep binaries aren't available yet (haven't gotten  
> > around to figuring out GS standalone application packaging), so for  
> > the moment, PikoPixel must be built from source.
> >
> >  Requirements for compiling PikoPixel are a recent version of the  
> > GNUstep development environment (June 2015 or later) and the  
> > libobjc2 runtime. Also, PP's only been tested so far under Clang,  
> > and on Debian-based Linux distros (Ubuntu & Mint), so there may be  
> > issues with other configurations.
> >
> >  PikoPixel's source code archive is linked at the bottom of the  
> > webpage (not the green "Download" arrow, which downloads the Mac- 
> > only binary):
> > http://twilightedge.com/mac/pikopixel/
> >
> >  Please send questions, comments, or issues to pikopixel (at)  
> > twilightedge (dot) com.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Josh Freeman
> > Twilight Edge Software
> > http://twilightedge.com
> >
> >
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