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> > Did you already think about the price?
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> Yes, it would be the worst disaster of XXI century.
Hm. If I had a choice I would prefer to turn PoV to shareware instead of let
it die due to the costs. If it is not necessary: GREAT.
Don't you think?
regards
SY
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> Here's the proof - deliberately provocative.
Hm. Not really. I don't understand why you are so agressive? There is no
reason....
> Just to point something out, I've never paid a dime for POV-Ray, and I've
> been using it for years. Legally. The Team has been saying the same
thing
Did I tell you something different? I used PoV for years as well. But I was
not talking about that.
> the whole time - that they can't and won't charge money for POV - and,
given
> their past performance (over several years) I expect them to keep their
> word.
Me too. But there are costs to cover, right? If the current activities like
Keyring, IRTC, books... are enough to keep PoV up and running: GREAT. If
not, I'd prefer to turn PoV into shareware instead of let it die.
I was not aware of the fact that it insults you to ask for future pricing
policies !?
Sorry about that.
regards
SY
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> If you have a 400 Mhz cpu, it's fifty times the basic price which is only
for a 8 MHz.
> (the happy customers with P4 at 2 GHz are very welcome!!!)
> If you have two computer, it's double price, even if you installed it only
on one.
> A multi-cpu system is considered as distinct systems.
> If you have more than one user profile per system, it's time the number of
profiles,
> even if they are not interested.
> Last thing: Month are defined as 4 consecutive weeks, there is about 13
month a year.
*lol*
sounds like Microsoft....
But it is not the thing I was talking about.
regards
SY
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> I was (and I am still) convinced that someone has done some calculations
to
> see what amount of money is necessary to keep PoV up as it is. Why not?
Pov-Ray development cost nearly nothing. The server for the newsgroup
and home page do, but they are not Pov-ray. Pov-Ray development has long
been a labor of love, mostly done by volunteers who want to do it and might
even pay for the privilege (has anyone thought about tapping that source?).
Your assumptions are wrong and your presumptions are insulting. It may be a
language difficulty, but your continued posts make me think it is just that
you are trolling.
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wrote:
> > > Did you already think about the price?
> > Yes, it would be the worst disaster of XXI century.
> Hm. If I had a choice I would prefer to turn PoV to shareware instead of let
> it die due to the costs.
Fortunatelly it's not your decision :-)
I think that when death by costs could happen there would be enough power in
pov-community for reanimation. I don't know your financial position but I have
enough expenses around my family so only way I can show gratitude is work.
ABX
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see it, further discussion is stupid, but anyhow perhaps you can re-read
the key sentence:
> The only sense I can imagine for defining expiry dates in betas is to avoid to leave
any running version out
> there when you start to let user pay for PoV.
Can't you see how insulting it is to the historical behavoir of the
POV-Ray Team? I can't believe so... I only see two alternatives for you
making this sentence:
a) you have not read any of the incontable posts here explaining the
real reason for expiry dates, and your imagination is really limited
when dealing with altruism, or
b) you know the real reason for expiry dates, but you are being
cinical for any mysterious reasons. Perhaps it's the definitve
YKYHBRTL... when you start wondering about the future price of free
raytracers.
--
Jaime Vives Piqueres
http://www.ignorancia.org/
La Persistencia de la Ignorancia
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> Fortunatelly it's not your decision :-)
Of course :-)
And I am happy if PoV stays free. But, as mentioned, I'd buy it.
> I think that when death by costs could happen there would be enough power
in
> pov-community for reanimation. I don't know your financial position but I
have
> enough expenses around my family so only way I can show gratitude is work.
I can imagine!
And you do a lot of good work, as I can see in the newsgroups.
I wish I had some more time for PoV (or personal interests in general).
regards
SY
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> Can't you see how insulting it is to the historical behavoir of the
Maybe it is really a language problem or whatever.
Anyway, now beeing sure about the answer I could answer myself:
PoV was,is and stays free. The expiry will be used for betas only to prevent
bug reports on old versions.
That simple... :-)
BTW: any decicions about the book? It would be very interesting I think!
regards
SY
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wrote:
> BTW: any decicions about the book?
Which one of three book projects are you asking about ?
ABX
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This one:
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If we do so, we will start with a beginners-to-intermediate
book that covers v3.5, printed in full color and bound
in such a way that it will be able to be laid flat on a desk
without damage to the binding. Bundled with the book would be a
POV-Ray and utilities CDROM, containing the current version of POV-Ray and a
number of useful utilities (plus source for any
scenes in the book).
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regards
SY
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