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Postbox Portable 1.0 Bêta 13 Development Test 1 Submitted by radarman36 on July 27, 2009 - 10:56am
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You might want to change the initial release date for this.
Second, this actually is not legit. I was going to portablize this application, but Postbox does not allow it at this time as they haven't finalized their license.
Sorry.
Here is a link to it on GetSatisfaction.
Closed Source
Correct. Postbox is not an open source application like Thunderbird is, even though it is based on the Thunderbird 3 source code. Postbox is a closed source, commercial product that you will have to buy once it leaves beta. At that point, we'll work with them to make it available in PortableApps.com Format.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
Huh?
How can it be closed source?!!
By definition, if it's based on an opensource product, it has to be opensource!
That sounds like the postbox guys are infringing the Thungderbird license - maybe this is something the authors of Thunderbird should chase up with them?
Nope
It's MPL.. Mozilla Public License. Which allows you to combine it with closed source stuff as long as any modifications to the open source stuff are kept under the MPL. Practically speaking, it means that you can take it and make it into a closed source app.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
Freaky!
But that makes the MPL a bit pointless as an opensource license!
It means that you can take MPL code and do whatever you like with it as long as you release the original MPL code you used?!
From the MPL FAQ it's like if you use MPL'd code, and create a modified version - you don't have to release your modified version if you maintain a "patch" file, and your build process merges the original and "patch" file together before compiling it. As long as you don't save a copy of the merged version manually yourself>?!!
So much for software being free!
And...
Here's the exact reason why: pricing.
And what they say about a free version.
"Sale" - ROTFL!
"USD39.95 reduced to USD29.95" - ROTFL!
A classic case of "we want 29.95 per sale, so well ask for 39.95 and then 'reduce' it so our sucker customers think they're getting a 'good deal'"!
Personally, I'd be inclined to DUMP any software trying it on like that - especially when the FREE alternatives are so much better!
Thunderbird to the rescue!
I actually really liked
I actually really liked postbox when I had a look at it. If it was OSS, I'd be using it now. I'd not shell out $30 for it when I could have Thunderbird though.
I wanted to use it and try
I wanted to use it and try out the touted features, it seems to have quite a few that would be cool, plus I like the UI...but I'm certainly not paying for it. *shrugs*
Just like John was talking about when allowing Commercial and freeware apps on here...it's not about the money...it's about the project.