Thumbscrew 1.0 - Good News (for you)

I had been planning on releasing the next version of Thumbscrew as a $10 shareware app, leaving all the 0.1.1 features unlocked and available for free. But before I could do this, I needed the release from my employer that says I retain rights to what I do after-hours.

I received and signed the agreement, so I retain IP rights to the software. However, one stipulation is that I not commercialize my private time creations while I’m currently employed, so I can’t release Thumbscrew as shareware.

Bad news for me. Good news for you. I’m going to continue releasing it as freeware. I won’t distribute the source anymore, but everyone [*] can use Thumbscrew’s new features.

The only feature improvement since the last announcement is that I’m using Zope 3’s Page Templates for the output of the web page, meaning you can completely stylize the output. The two templates included will offer reStructuredText or HTML output.

I’ve got a few last bits of tidying up to do before releasing it this weekend.

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Everyone running Mac OS X 10.3 and above. Sorry, Jaguarians.