Prototip 2

on Oct 23rd 2008 with 13 comments

Javascript Library: Prototype
License: Noncommercial/Attribution – Permission & small fee required for commercial
Found Via: Nick Stakenburg

Prototip allows you to easily create both simple and complex tooltips using the Prototype javascript framework.




 
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  • http://URL(Optional) S. Sauders

    Ver nice library, I’ll be using this in some projects.

    A small fee is required for usage in general though. Non-commercial & Commercial.

  • http://taylorsatula.co.cc/ Taylor Satula

    I hate that you have to pay

  • http://www.opensourcehunter.com OpenSourceHunter

    One of the best tooltips on the web. Its worth the money!

    greetz
    http://www.opensourcehunter.com

  • http://www.unrealmedia.co.uk Unreal Media

    Looks excellent. But stuff like this should be free.

  • http://blog.insicdesigns.com insicdesigns

    why this is included in freebies? lol

  • Ed

    This is misleading – it is not free! With all those good designers and developers out there offering stuff under Creative Commons Licenses, I don’t get why he is doing this. Of course, if I plan to use it I will pay for it.

  • Gregoir

    My God!! freeloaders. if he did not pull off a sublime design like he did, you’d stick him and say opensource peeps never tidy-up because its free, now he does a good job for a tiny fee and u complain. i bet if Microsoft did this tooltip you’d pay at least $100

    pay the guy for his sweat and brain-work

  • Eric

    Nick Stakenburg rocks and deserves to be paid for his hard work. Go Nick!

  • John

    Looks very nice, gotta be worth a little to the guy at least.

  • http://www.dremi.info dr.emi

    This is free web resources. And I hope all thing will free to use it :)

    Long live Freedom

  • Tom

    The “How to Use” section is not helpful. There should be a working tooltip ready for download. Reading hours through the code is too bullshit..

  • http://what-what.net shoaib

    this is just awesome,it has been so easy to play with tool tip,thnx

  • Charles

    This Prototip 2 business is a bittersweet. As much as I like the script and it’s ease of use, I really question the ethics of its creator: Nick Stakenburg.

    As much as he should be praised for developing the script, he should be equally reprimanded for his business tactics, specifically charging users for non-commercial use (single-domain, unlimited, etc.).

    First of all, that is just wrong and against the spirit of open source. Nick has benefited immensely from open source tools: Prototip 2, and all his other scripts, would not be possible without the Prototype JS framework. If Prototype JS isn’t charging him (commercial or non-commercial), why is he charging non-commercial users? That bit really stinks.

    Secondly, Prototip 2′s license is governed by Creative Commons by-nc-nd license, which allows you to copy, distribute, and transmit the work so long as the work you are using it for is non-commercial, and the script is not altered in any way (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Therefore, Nick cannot mandate anyone to pay any money for using Prototip 2 for non-commercial purposes. Period.

    What he can do is request that non-commercial users make a donation of their own free will to enable him continue his development. He can provide his script for a fee to anyone who wants to use this for commercial purposes e.g. for a SaaS site or similar, and I’m sure there will be plenty of takers.

    If you plan on using this script for non-commercial purposes, I suggest you download it and use it without paying a dime unless you want to make a donation to Nick’s work: it would be legal for you to use it for free for non-commercial purposes.

    Nick really should change his business model thus:

    1. Stop charging for non-commercial use of Prototip 2, and indeed all scripts that you develop. Instead put a donate link and I’m sure there will be a lot of folks that would support you. In addition, you are making money on the commercial side as well, so why are you so greedy man?!
    2. Release a Prototip 2 script for jQuery (and make some more money on the commercial side of that) instead of whining why you’re not going to (something I picked up from your forums). You seem to be a good business man trying to charge for non-commercial use, but you can’t see the JQuery opportunity even with all the documented interest?! Go figure.

    I know that open source doesn’t necessarily mean free but I believe that if you get you also have to give. We have all, Nick included, benefited from open source technologies that are free, a lot of them even for commercial purposes.

    It only makes sense that we exercise the right judgment on the business side of open source.

    Thanks for reading.