[Mono-list] MonoDroid/MonoTouch for FLOSS/hobby development?

[ted leslie]

I am getting a android phone (Samsung Galaxy S cap.) hopefully, to also toy with it (mono droid)
I don't have an issue myself paying the 400 beans if I use it anyway commercially (i.e. generate a 
comercial product, or even a fee one tied to a commercial project), but to just play with it,
learn it, rather not have to drop the 400 at that time. Perhaps at a min. a crippled free version to build
non-commercial apps? Crippled by, max size of executable? or a tonne of other ways. Obviously Novell
with benifit by maximum use of it in a completely non-commericial way as possible, there by ringing
up max. sales when these convert to commercial uses.

tl

On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 09:27:30 +1300
Daniel Hughes <trampster at gmail.com> wrote:

> I to was hoping to create a few open source apps however the $399
> would create a large barrier to contributions.
> 
> Are there any plans for an alternative licence or product for open
> source and hobbyist development.
> 
> Cheers,
> Daniel Hughes
> 
> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 3:38 AM, Christopher David Howie
> <me at chrishowie.com> wrote:
> > I'm interested in using the MonoDroid/MonoTouch technologies,
> > specifically MonoDroid, for developing F/LOSS software.  However, with
> > the current pricing model of MonoTouch ($399/year for one developer)
> > this is incredibly cost-prohibitive.
> >
> > As the Android platform is more open, are there any plans to make
> > MonoDroid available for free or at a substantially reduced cost for
> > hobbyist/FLOSS developers?  I'm not paying 400 bucks so I can write
> > stuff for fun on my own time.
> >
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