Re: ANN: PikoPixel pixel-art editor

[H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 20.09.2015 um 01:05 schrieb Josh Freeman <gnustep_lists@twilightedge.com>:

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> On Sep 19, 2015, at 5:24 AM, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
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>> Am 18.09.2015 um 21:57 schrieb Josh Freeman <gnustep_lists@twilightedge.com>:
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>>> 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?
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>   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.

Ah thanks! Didn’t know and even think about such a use case.

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> Cheers,
> 
> Josh
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>>> 
>>> 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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