From: David Ross <drossruby@...>
Date: 2004-08-06T04:53:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Amazing GUI toolkit with visual designer & Ruby Integration

Finally someone else that cares about license issues.
I have used FLTK in the past, right now I use
WideStudio(just because its completely free). And has
a gui designer. Have you used FLTK in the past, and
have they added in anything interesting since then?
Good luck with using FLTK, it is a neat toolkit.
--David Ross
--- "H. Simpson"
<nospam@asdlkfjhasldkjfsadlfhskadjfahsldfks.com>
wrote:

> While I'm grateful for Fox-Toolkit and FXRuby too, I
> cannot use it due 
> to licensing issues.
> 
> To clarify, I'm switching from Fox-Toolkit to FLTK
> due initially to 
> licensing reasons on a commercial project.
> 
> I don't mind giving away changes I make to
> Fox-Toolkit but being 
> required to give away the commercial application
> source that statically 
> links to a modified Fox-Toolkit is something that
> bars me from using it. 
>    I'm not saying the license is stupid or wrong--I
> just cannot use it 
> under those terms on my non-hobby projects.
> 
> I found issues/limitations that require me to modify
> Fox-Toolkit (not 
> just subclasses) on Windows platforms.  With FLTK, I
> found that I don't 
> need to make changes to FLTK itself.  And even if I
> did later on, I 
> don't have to give away commercial applications that
> statically link to 
> the modified FLTK--I only need to give back the
> changes I make to FLTK 
> (if any) which is nice.
> 
> On my non-commercial project, the reasons for
> switching have nothing to 
> do with licensing.  I simply find myself MUCH more
> productive, having 
> fun doing GUI work with FLTK--something that ruby
> does for me compared 
> to other languages.  Just like ruby, there are
> people who will have more 
> fun and be more productive with other tools so I
> can't say whether 
> anyone else should switch.
> 
> Most of us passionate about Ruby don't go around
> bashing other languages 
> (yes some do).  But those of use who sing Ruby's
> praises certainly don't 
> want to be misunderstood as claiming "everything
> else sucks".  The same 
> holds true here:  I'm simply singing the praises of
> a wonderful GUI 
> toolkit+designer I recently started using after
> passing it up initially 
> due to misperceptions.  I'm not bashing the
> alternatives or my previous 
> choice.
> 
> 



		
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