Last Saturday, 9 July, we had another nice on-line gathering of LiveCode fans. This time we had 2 great presentations by Claudi and Jim.

Claudi Cornaz showed his “stackAlly”, which analyses your code and stacks, manages stack versions and archives code. One amazing feature is a tree view of events, showing all messages triggered by a single event in your code.

You can watch Claudi’s video here:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/15893197

Jim Ault showed a simple UDP messaging example. He introduced us to the UDP protocol and gave a demonstration using a modified version of a stack by Alex Tweedly.

You can find Jim’s presentation at
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/15894157

The European HyperCard User Group (eHUG, http://www.ehug.info) raffled off an e-book courtesy of TidBITS. The e-book was won by Matthias. You can find more info on the TC series at http://www.takecontrolbooks.com.

We are still looking for more people to prepare presentations. If you would like to participate in the event, now or later, please head over to http://qery.us/u0 for ideas and contact Mark or Björnke. At http://qery.us/du you can find a web form that makes it really easy to contact us.
I hope to see you all at the event next time. We will be making announcements on this mailing list and at http://livecode.tv where you can (soon) find a copy of this text.

If an unlimited number of monkeys use an unlimited number of typewriters for an unlimited long time, then at some point they must produce the complete works of Shakespeare. Another version of this note may be that if you wait long enough, a group of monkeys will appear to be the copyright holder of some photos. Or will they?

That’s what’s happened according to this article on SlashDot. After the Daily Mail published the pictures, TechDirt started a discussion about the copyright of the pictures, using the pictures on their own website —all of them, apparently in original size, thereby probably exceeding the fair use limit. Since the monkeys are said to be the copyright holders, I assume I can safely post this picture here, but to be sure, I’ll post just one small picture and stay within the limits of fair use.

On the other hand, monkeys are not supposed to have legal capacity and can’t own anything. Then again, if you make a product during time paid by your boss and if you don’t have a contract explicitly stating that you own your own work, chances are that your boss is the copyright holder. These monkeys have no contract, but they certainly have a boss. Moreover, the owner of a dog or horse usually takes full responsibility for all deeds of that animal, be it biting a hare to death or winning prizes. Taking this in consideration, one has to conclude that the owner of the monkey, the Indonesian government, is the copyright holder.

Whoever may be the copyright holder, the Indonesian government or the monkey, it is certainly not Caters News Agency LTD, which in this case has nothing to do with the photographs, except that their name is on one of the pictures. They issued a take-down notice to TechDirt, who started a discussion about this copyright subject, but they should only have asked for their name to be removed!

The Indonesian government probably doesn’t care about copyright in this particular case. The Anglo-Saxon judges will probably make a decision, which defies all logic in the eyes of continental Europeans. My guess is that TechDirt will lose a case in court for the wrong reasons.

Last Saturday, 2 July, we had another nice on-line gathering of LiveCode fans. This time we had 2 cool presentations by Judy and Chipp. Additionally, we set a record as the event was attended by over 30 people! Yay!

Judy started the event with a beginners session. She discussed the creation and use of tab buttons and menu buttons. If you have just started using LiveCode, then this video is a must-see. (Unfortunately, I don’t have the download links for Judy’s stacks yet; I might add them to the blog later).

You can watch Judy’s video here:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/15757319

Chipp showed his new altButton droptool and InterfaceDesigner and talked about the MagicCarpet AutoUpdate Architecture. All attendants were allowed to download a complimentary copy of InterfaceDesigner. At http://qery.us/uh is also a free download of altButton available. Thanks Chipp!

You can find Chipp’s presentation at
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/15758078

The European HyperCard User Group (eHUG, http://www.ehug.info) raffled off an e-book courtesy of TidBITS. The e-book was won by Steve. You can find more info on the TC series at http://www.takecontrolbooks.com.

We are still looking for someone to present this Saturday (9 July)!!! If you would like to participate in the event, now or later, please head over to http://qery.us/u0 for ideas and contact Mark or Björnke. At http://qery.us/du you can find a web form that makes it really easy to contact us.
I hope to see you all at the event next time. We will be making announcements on this mailing list and at http://livecode.tv where you can also find a copy of this text.