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Author Topic: Windows only? What about Mac OS X and/or Linux?  (Read 2034 times)
mystuff
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« on: September 09, 2007, 01:45:03 PM »

Do you have any plans of porting it to those platforms?

I can understand you're busy and you wouldn't have the time for it, or the resources for that matter. Have you considered releasing the source code under the GPL license? I'm not sure how that will work with your license plan but I'm sure it's a proven business model. Read this page for more information:
http://www.builderau.com.au/strategy/businessmanagement/soa/How-to-make-money-from-Open-source/0,339028271,339191343,00.htm

I'm thinking you could for instance sell macro's to companies (on demand) and provide additional (paid) support. Or write a well documented help file to take full advantage of the program (the beginning's already there). I don't know but I think this program has the potential to become really big. I'll be sure to promote it. I might even be able to get my own University to install it on their computers in the light of RSI prevention. We'll see.

In any case, please do keep up the good work, and definitly put online a donate via Paypal / iDeal / Mastercard/Visa button online Smiley. Trust me people who like this will want to donate.

BTW: I found this program because it was mentioned in the Dutch Computer!Totaal magazine: www.computertotaal.nl/web/Artikelpaginas/Download-artikel/KeyBreeze-3.0.htm

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Andrew Langford
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« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2007, 09:59:24 AM »

I would love to port Keybreeze to Mac OS and Linux, but doing so would be very time consuming (Keybreeze contains over 30,000 lines of code).  I do plan on porting eventually though, hopefully by next year.

Thanks for the suggestions about the license structure.  Keybreeze Professional is coming back in the next version with several features that are not included in the current version.  Tech support and commercial licenses will also be available in the Professional edition.  I wasn't planning on making the program open-source, but if the new license structure doesn't work out, it's always a possibility.

Let me know if you have any more suggestions.
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