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Posted by Bernhard
Oct 22, 2013 at 06:33 AM
Dr Andus wrote:
>At least the software works. I’m a bit worried now about what happens
>with some of my other software that require online activation, in the
>not entirely unlikely case that the vendor/developer one day disappears
>off the face of the earth…
I remember IdeaMason v3. They released a version that didn’t need online activation any more before ceasing. That’s a way I appreciate.
Nevertheless, I now sort out every software form buying that needs such a procedure if there isn’t a very, very, very strong reason for buying it.
Posted by Pavi
Oct 23, 2013 at 07:22 AM
Hi, I haven’t had any time to post lately. However, just before this topic started, I happened to visit the Storybook website to see if any new development was taking place. A message said that the website had been taken down to a tax claim by the Swiss government. So presumably things are not looking very positive.
Before version 4, the personalized feel of the site and emails was starting to change. For instance, the sourceforge bug reports and suggestions links were removed. I wonder if there might have been a change of ownership. However, this is pure speculation and hopefully the software can get back on track.
My Pro version 3.2 works without any license check. I will try to email the author to see about this, and if anything can or will be done to accommodate paying customers.
Best, /Pavi
Posted by Chris
Nov 25, 2013 at 03:55 PM
Hi there, I was one of the contributors to the StoryBook project. I too was surprised to find the site dead and the source code gone from SourceForge. I worked on the Mac version of the software. I have the source code (as of May 27) and was working on updating the code for StoryBook4 to work on the Mac.
Would there be any interest in supporting continued development of this project? At the very least I could create a new source code repository and put up a website where the most current version could be downloaded. I can also remove the checks for the “premium” version (really, just make it so everyone gets the feature-complete version as was always the case with the Mac version)
What do you think?
Regards,
Chris
Pavi wrote:
Hi, I haven’t had any time to post lately. However, just before this
>topic started, I happened to visit the Storybook website to see if any
>new development was taking place. A message said that the website had
>been taken down to a tax claim by the Swiss government. So presumably
>things are not looking very positive.
>
>Before version 4, the personalized feel of the site and emails was
>starting to change. For instance, the sourceforge bug reports and
>suggestions links were removed. I wonder if there might have been a
>change of ownership. However, this is pure speculation and hopefully the
>software can get back on track.
>
>My Pro version 3.2 works without any license check. I will try to email
>the author to see about this, and if anything can or will be done to
>accommodate paying customers.
>
>Best, /Pavi
Posted by ChrisV
Nov 25, 2013 at 06:04 PM
I also have a copy of the source tree dated Jan 12 that I was making some changes to because the author wasn’t responding to my requests for bug fixes and enhancements. The app is beautifully written and I’d be very happy to help out with development if you need assistance.
p.s. I also have it running on Mac but only via Eclipse hacks.
Regards,
ChrisV
Chris wrote:
Hi there, I was one of the contributors to the StoryBook project. I too
>was surprised to find the site dead and the source code gone from
>SourceForge. I worked on the Mac version of the software. I have the
>source code (as of May 27) and was working on updating the code for
>StoryBook4 to work on the Mac.
>
>Would there be any interest in supporting continued development of this
>project? At the very least I could create a new source code repository
>and put up a website where the most current version could be downloaded.
>I can also remove the checks for the “premium” version (really, just
>make it so everyone gets the feature-complete version as was always the
>case with the Mac version)
>
>What do you think?
>
>Regards,
>Chris
>
Posted by favdb31
Dec 3, 2013 at 05:40 PM
Hello,
Firstly please excuse my english, I’m french. I try to resume the maintenance of Storybook. As the name is still stuck on Sourceforge, the new project name is oStorybook (“o” stands for open source). I think to be able to provide a fully functional version in one or two weeks. At this time the published 4.9.9 version contains 90% of basic functions, lacks functions for reading view, as well as export and printing. I’m looking for the original code of these parts. If you have these codes it will greatly facilitate my work.
My goal is to provide a fully open source version. If you know other functions that were protected and if you have the relevant code, I am also interested.
I use Netbeans, so I plan Miginfo abandoned in favor of the standard layout interface.
I hope that prior contributors would like to join the new team.