Free as in beer Komodo editor

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The folks at ActiveState have "freed the dragon". They used to have two
versions of Komodo, a "personal edition" which was priced around $29 and
was only for non-commercial use and had fewer features, and the fully
featured version. With the release of Komodo 4.0, they decided to remove
the non-commercial restriction and make the "Komodo Editor" free. Here's
a feature comparison of what's in the two versions:

Hi Chris-

This is the sales page that highlights the major differences:
http://www.activestate.com/products/komodo_edit/edit_vs_ide.plex

Here's a comparison matrix:

Feature/capability IDE Edit
----------------------------------
Editor * *
Code intelligence * *
Debugger *
Interactive Shells *
Project manager * *
Toolbox * *
HTTP Inspector *
DOM Viewer *
Rx Toolkit *
Code Browser *
SCC *
PDK integration *

So this is another entry in the "Ruby IDE" category. I still think I'm
going to go with KDevelop over Komodo because of its ability to handle
compiled languages and it's freedom, but I'm going to have a hard look
at the free Komodo editor at work, where I have quite a bit of Perl code
that I might want to port to Ruby.

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http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/

If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given rabbits fire.

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The folks at ActiveState have "freed the dragon". They used to have two
versions of Komodo, a "personal edition" which was priced around $29 and
was only for non-commercial use and had fewer features, and the fully
featured version. With the release of Komodo 4.0, they decided to remove
the non-commercial restriction and make the "Komodo Editor" free. Here's
a feature comparison of what's in the two versions:
<snip> *

So this is another entry in the "Ruby IDE" category.

If I correctly interpret the license it not really is :frowning:
http://www.activestate.com/products/komodo_ide/beta_agreement.plex

I find that license unacceptable (unless I misunderstand)
* After 6 month, or upon written notification or upon a commercial release I
have to discontinue usage.
* I *have to* provide test feedback.

No Sir, not my choice.

I would happily have accepted a closed license (as in free beer;) as long as
I do not have to stop drinking beer upon written notice and send a bug
report to the brewing company whenever my beer was not good!

I still think I'm

going to go with KDevelop over Komodo

seems a very good decision to me

because of its ability to handle

compiled languages and it's freedom, but I'm going to have a hard look
at the free Komodo editor at work, where I have quite a bit of Perl code
that I might want to port to Ruby.

--
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P)
http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/

If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given
rabbits fire.

Robert

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On 1/25/07, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net> wrote:

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Robert Dober wrote:

The folks at ActiveState have "freed the dragon". They used to have two
versions of Komodo, a "personal edition" which was priced around $29 and
was only for non-commercial use and had fewer features, and the fully
featured version. With the release of Komodo 4.0, they decided to remove
the non-commercial restriction and make the "Komodo Editor" free. Here's
a feature comparison of what's in the two versions:
<snip> *

So this is another entry in the "Ruby IDE" category.

If I correctly interpret the license it not really is :frowning:
http://www.activestate.com/products/komodo_ide/beta_agreement.plex

I find that license unacceptable (unless I misunderstand)
* After 6 month, or upon written notification or upon a commercial release I
have to discontinue usage.
* I *have to* provide test feedback.

No Sir, not my choice.

I would happily have accepted a closed license (as in free beer;) as long as
I do not have to stop drinking beer upon written notice and send a bug
report to the brewing company whenever my beer was not good!

Komodo Editor is still in beta. That's a standard sort of beta test license -- "if you like it, tell your friends, if you *don't* like it, tell *us*!" :slight_smile:

My day job forbids us to do beta tests on company equipment, so I can't actually use it at work until it's formally released. At that point, I need to clear the real license with the powers that be. I sort of beta tested the Komodo 4 at home on Linux -- I verified that it would install on Gentoo, which was about all I had time to do before it went into general release.

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On 1/25/07, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net> wrote:

--
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P)
http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/

If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given rabbits fire.