Question about BlitzMax license

Has the license been sorted to prevent another coolbasic rip off? It would be a shame to see this happen given the number of years Mark has spent on it.

Ask it in the blitzmax forum!!!!!

HE CAN'T!
You have to register the product in order to have post rights, which is a bit silly, for evaluation purposes I personally would have granted access to the "Bmax evaluation forum" or sumthing.

heheheh... oh.. me silly ^.^
And sorry for the rant style of post- im realy in a great mood :D

The Blitzmax product page is not very clear.
It says:

Note: You only need to buy one version. Once you have
registered your BlitzMax purchase, you will be able to 
download other versions as they become available.

I mailed the Sales department about this, because "other versions" can be interpreted as:
1. Future upgrades
2. Other platforms

Quite a difference :-)

I'm pretty sure its other platforms, but we'll see :)

Yes, it means the Linux and Windows versions.

so umm... what about my question?

Perturbatio, what is this "coolbasic rip off" then?

coolbasic is a wrapper for Blitz3D which simply distributes a compiled bb.exe for free and lets the users access all the blitz commands using a scripting language.

:O ...I see what you mean about "rip off". :/

I wouldnt worry about it. Coolbasic is not any kind of violation. I hope the license stays the same.

I never said coolbasic was a violation of the license.

I have a great issue with someone distributing a product for free that I am paying for simply because of a loophole in the license.

coolbasic like thing can't be done anymore I think as not changable code is attached to the core anymore ... just because it allowes inclusion of C .libs

and coolbasic disappeared again as well.