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Boden – Native mobile cross-platform applications

#1

Post by nurettin » Thu, May 30, 2019, 12:10 PM UTC

Boden – Native mobile cross-platform applications
boden.io

Re: Boden – Native mobile cross-platform applications

#2

Post by rhodysurf » Thu, May 30, 2019, 1:12 PM UTC

This is awesome but man the licensing sucks.. Sounds like to release on the App Store you have to pay for a commercial license? Even a free app?

Re: Boden – Native mobile cross-platform applications

#3

Post by cheez » Thu, May 30, 2019, 1:16 PM UTC

rhodysurf wrote: post #2

This is awesome but man the licensing sucks.. Sounds like to release on the App Store you have to pay for a commercial license? Even a free app?

The licensing is likely intended to ensure sustainability

Re: Boden – Native mobile cross-platform applications

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Post by detaro » Thu, May 30, 2019, 1:18 PM UTC

rhodysurf wrote: post #2

This is awesome but man the licensing sucks.. Sounds like to release on the App Store you have to pay for a commercial license? Even a free app?

Yes. GPL apps can't go into the app store, because it's terms of use forbid activities that can't be forbidden according to GPL.

Re: Boden – Native mobile cross-platform applications

#5

Post by jfbaro » Thu, May 30, 2019, 1:24 PM UTC

Awesome! Does anyone know if there is any similar framework for RUST?

Re: Boden – Native mobile cross-platform applications

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Post by rhodysurf » Thu, May 30, 2019, 1:32 PM UTC

jfbaro wrote: post #5

Awesome! Does anyone know if there is any similar framework for RUST?

There is not.

Re: Boden – Native mobile cross-platform applications

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Post by mwcampbell » Thu, May 30, 2019, 1:33 PM UTC

cheez wrote: post #3

rhodysurf wrote: post #2

This is awesome but man the licensing sucks.. Sounds like to release on the App Store you have to pay for a commercial license? Even a free app?

The licensing is likely intended to ensure sustainability

Or even, gasp, profitability for the developers. That's a perfectly reasonable thing for a developer or company to expect.

It would be better, though, if they published pricing and had a self-service purchase process, rather than requiring users to contact them.

Re: Boden – Native mobile cross-platform applications

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Post by sidewinder128 » Thu, May 30, 2019, 1:36 PM UTC

It looked very promising but GPL for mobile iOS and Android Apps It is impossible, even I release the Apps free it is very difficult to work with GPL on those ecosystems. It is sad because it really looks very cool code.

Re: Boden – Native mobile cross-platform applications

#9

Post by detaro » Thu, May 30, 2019, 1:36 PM UTC

mwcampbell wrote: post #7

cheez wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The licensing is likely intended to ensure sustainability

Or even, gasp, profitability for the developers. That's a perfectly reasonable thing for a developer or company to expect. It would be better, though, if they published pricing and had a self-service purchase process, rather than requiring users to contact them.

It's a really new project, so they're probably still figuring out what model works best and might want to limit the kind of deal they do - e.g. make sure it fits the client and they can support them with development where necessary. Freely selling licenses and then have unhappy customers that didn't evaluate the current state properly would be problematic.

Re: Boden – Native mobile cross-platform applications

#10

Post by openbasic » Thu, May 30, 2019, 1:44 PM UTC

I don't see anything on camera, GPS, maps, push, etc. Was this implemented?