DDE more available?

Can I ask ROOL for an update on something.

At the 2019 South West Show ROOL brought up that they would like to make their development tools (DDE) more accessible, in terms of price to encourage more developers. How is this progressing? Can an update be given?

Perhaps something could be said at the presentation at the upcoming show, assuming it is being recorded!

(note this is a duplicate of a post on the ‘News’ item, I hadn’t realised that those posts are separate from the forum posts.)

Hi Peter. There’s an announcement hot off the press which should help with this and I’ll be saying a bit more about it in the ROOL talk at the South West Show tomorrow. I’m looking forward to it!

And when is it going to be open-sourced / free?

Probably never, for legal reasons.

Although copies for developers might be subsidised, as I understand it.

Just updated me copy send you developer number to rool it cost 20 pounds for the update.
If you don’t have a developer number send an email to rool explaining what you want to do ask them if they will give you a discount.
New developer kickstart. If you tell ROOL your skills and interests, they may give you a copy of the NutPi DDE.

Hi Steve, a few extra questions, they may have been answered in the talk at the show, but it appears that this isn’t online yet.

1) Is the NutPi version provided the current release (DDE29) ?
2) Are any potential DDE29 updates included in this?
3) Is DDE30 onwards included in the ‘New developer kickstart’ or is there an expectation that people will start paying for updates at the start of DDE30 (or current +1)?
4) There’s an implication that there is a limited number of these available, is this correct?

There’s an implication that there is a limited number of these available, is this correct

I got the impression it was more a case of “persons of merit” – could be new with specific development ideas, could be oldies looking to get back into full flow.