[Textures] Re: Textures as phoenix?

[Bruno Voisin]

Le 8 mai 2013 à 19:17, Paul J. Campbell <campbell at beloit.edu> a écrit :

> Let us suppose that Textures 2.19 (Retina and non-Retina versions) can be altered to run without checking for an installation key. (I assure you, it can be done. In light of info below, let me express that I have no intention of doing so.)
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> I am not a lawyer, but I would assert that it is fair use for licensed users of Textures 2.xx to reverse-engineer the program to avert Internet check for an installation key, and/or to use such a version, and/or to distribute such a version to other licensed users.
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> Let me know what you think. For the benefit of others whom this email does not reach, please post also to the Textures mailing list (see below).

I'd rather not go to such extremities (assuming I had the required technical knowledge, which is not the case).

<http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/108497/what-happened-to-textures-and-bluesky-research> says some work is going on behind the scene, which may or may not be successful. Why not see what happens first?

For example, Textures' Synchronicity has always been more precise than what is now provided by SyncTeX in modern TeX engines. Same for Flash Mode, a very cool and useful feature. If Textures was open-sourced the way Y&Y TeX has been, and the code for Synchronicity and Flash Mode could be adapted to be included in pdfTeX, LuaTeX and XeTeX, that would be great!

Bruno Voisin