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Hello all,

I am new with LiveCode. I am an Opus (from digital workshop) user but i like to make apps for mac also
so i found LiveCode.
My question is, what's the difference between the community version and the commercial version?

Kind regards,

Ad Mulders

Dag Ad,

I am not very familiar with the different Open Source license types, but here
the main differences of the community (CV) compared to the commercial version:
1. CV stack cannot be password protected
2. CV cannot open stacks that are password protected, so many of the 3rd aprty plugins, libs etc, will not work with the CV
3. CV: When creating standalones you need to make the complete source code available, too!
All this does NOT apply to the commercial version!

Yep, that's it in short


Best

Klaus

Take a look at the FAQ page - http://livecode.com/support/ask-a-question/ esp. check out the first item - Can you give me some examples of where I do and don’t need a commercial license?

I think I have formulated the question incorrectly. What i would like to know is
is the community program having less program options then the commercial version
like less possibilities to create functions etc.

I just also downloaded Xcode from the appstore.
Looks easier then LiveCode and there are tons of tutorials on YouTube.
What is the main difference between LiveCode and Xcode?

I think that the only signal difference between the commercial version and the community version is that you cannot lock your code in the community version so everybody can look at it,
and "steal" it if they want to; and you are legally obliged to make your precompiled stacks available to anybody who wants it.

If you want to try and sell your finished software you really should pay for the commercial version.