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NON-EXCLUSIVE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT (1-DEVELOPER)
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Club GreenSock not only gives you a way to contribute to the ongoing development efforts and say "thanks", but it gets you some "members only" benefits like bonus classes, plugins, update notifications, etc. There are individual memberships as well as corporate ones (corporate memberships come with a license to use the code in commercial software applications). Payments are accepted securely through PayPal. Credit cards are welcome. If you don't have a PayPal account, don't worry, it's easy to set up and most international currencies are accepted.
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Green | Really Green | Shockingly Green |
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$25 | $50 | $150 |
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Notification of significant feature additions, bug fixes, and enhancements
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SVN repository access for easy updates (tweening classes only)
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Bonus CustomEase class for extra control over how your tweens animate
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Bonus "dynamicProps" plugin for tweening to dynamic end values (see Plugin Explorer for example)
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Bonus "transformAroundCenter" and "transformAroundPoint" plugins for tweening the scale/rotation/coordinates of a DisplayObject/MovieClip based on a custom origin regardless of where the registration point is (see Plugin Explorer for example)
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Bonus TweenProxy and TweenProxy3D utility classes for tweening the skew of DisplayObjects/MovieClips or using a custom registration point for transformations (even in 3D space in Flash Player 10!)
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Bonus LiquidStage class for easily creating liquid layouts and pinning objects to certain points on a full-browser SWF (New!)
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Single Developer | Up to 5 Developers | Up to 20 Developers | Unlimited |
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$150/year
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License to use the tweening classes and bonus classes (below) in commercial applications (subject to terms and conditions)
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SVN repository access for easy updates (tweening classes only)
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Bonus "dynamicProps", "transformAroundCenter", and "transformAroundPoint" plugins (see Plugin Explorer for example)
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Bonus CustomEase, TweenProxy, and TweenProxy3D utility classes
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60-minute virtual Q & A session (via Acrobat Connect) with the author. Get your team's tween-related questions answered. |
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Bonus TransformManager (AS3) class (normally $299 for a single-developer license!)
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How does it work?
Once I get confirmation of your payment (usually within a few hours), I'll e-mail you the bonus class files and a link to the SVN repository. Your membership lasts for 1 year. Corporate memberships are automatically renewed but individual memberships are not. You can cancel or upgrade your membership anytime (individuals can just donate the difference to upgrade, but please contact me to upgrade corporate memberships). If you're interested in a corporate membership but would prefer to pay via check instead of PayPal, just contact me.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
If you're not 100% satisfied with the value you receive within 30 days, I'll gladly refund your money.
on April 9th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Great idea, Jack.
Hopefully this will keep everyone happy – I just donated $150.
TO EVERYONE ELSE:
Please take a second to think about how screwed you would be if TweenLite/TweenMax wasn’t around or Jack stopped updating and fixing it.
Remember this is just one man’s work – there is no big company behind this.
on April 9th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Checks in the … fiber
on April 10th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Jack,
I’m enthusiastically in for “Shockingly Green” my friend. Glad to see you offering ways to monetize your work with extras, while simultaneously not precluding the poor geeks from using the core classes. How enlightened of you, in a Prince/Radiohead/NIN kind of way :)
Congratulations on expanding the TweenLite family to include the powerful new TweenMax. I anxiously await the release of your future endeavors (*mumbles under breath, in subconsciously hypnotic tone* “particle class for under 5k, Jack, particle class for under 5k, you greatly desire to develop a powerful particle class for under 5k!”)
Three forest green cheers for the world’s favorite benevolent class developer!
- M;cha31
on April 11th, 2008 at 8:30 am
I am a designer who has been hacking my way through flash for years now. I have designed/developed multiple projects professionally, using all the various tween engines from the built in class to Tweener, Fuse and most recently TweenLite/TweenFilterLite. Of all those packages I like TweenLite and Tweener the best. Packages like this make it possible for me to do my job. I am going to donate but I want to know if there is an upgrade path available, in other words if I donate $50 now (all I can afford at the moment) can I donate more later to upgrade my membership?
on April 11th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Great question, Aaron. Yes indeed, donations can be cumulative over the course of a year, so feel free to come back and donate more to get to the next membership level. Thanks for the donation! I really appreciate it.
on April 19th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
I didn’t even realize that by going Shockingly Green I’d be getting all these nice bonus classes- can’t tell you how useful they’ve been!
Come on people, we need to buck up for at LEAST $150, this is a steal of a deal for this man’s hard work that will save you countless hours, days, even months of frustrating development time!
Think about how pwned you’ve been paying thousands for a CS3 package that can’t shortcut you to any ends like what these great classes do! The more you support Jack, the better YOUR projects will be, for way less than the cost of half of flash, and the more he’ll keep releasing!
Keep up the good work Jack, and we’ll continue to support you!
on April 29th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Excellent work Jack! I have been using flash/flex on and off for about 6 years and had been a big fan of tweener. But more recently, I came accross a demo doing full screen zoom/pan and it was smooth as silk. Sure enough, it was using TweenLite!
After doing some more research, checking the various performance comparisons and trying the libraries out for myself I was more than happy to go shockingly green!
Great value for such an awesome set of components!
-rOck
on April 30th, 2008 at 10:20 am
I just got an amazing new job as a partial result of building some badass projects using TweenLite. It wouldn’t have been as quick or smooth without it. So, come next paycheck.. I’m going all kinds of Green!
Thanks for doing and loving what you do!
-haunGo
on June 17th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Amazing work! Congrats from Mexico! Keep it going, I just donated $50, hope to donate more!
on July 15th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Best $50 I spent in my life.
on August 17th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
I just threw in my $50! Can’t wait to get the extra classes :)
And, to second (or third) what others have said, take a moment to think about how much easier Jack has made your life with his classes. He’s made a great contribution to the Flash community. Throw him a bone!
Erik
on September 19th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Hi Jack,
I run a design firm called Primal Stare Studios, LLC and we recently completed two interactive projects that utilized a variety of your TweenMax classes. We had to execute both sites over a 4 week period in August and your kit was of great assistance helping us to both meet the deadlines and end up with a couple satisfied clients. We would like to donate an additional $500.00 as a way to pass along our thanks along with encouragement to keep up the great work.
Cheers,
Jason Suss
Primal Stare Studios, LLC
PS. If you would like to check out the sites, they are here: http://assets.aarp.org/www.aarp.org_/dividedwefail/ and here: http://doyouwonder.tamu.edu/
on September 19th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Wow, Jason. That was incredibly generous of you. My sincerest thanks for the encouragement. It’s always great to hear when the code is serving developers like you well. Guys like you make all this possible.
on October 17th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Jack my friend,
I thank you on my bare knees for the extra classes that came with the Shockingly Green package!
This class is the best investment you can do as a flash develloper (I eurned it back with in one project cause of the timesafing using tweenmax and the bunche of bonus classes ).
Keep up the good work!
Greets from Holland,
WLM
on October 19th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Hi Jack,
One of the first times I have donated since it’s (almost) always possible to find things “for free” on the internet, but i really enjoy your code and think it’s well worth paying for ; )
It is simply incredible and saved so many hours of coding … !
Many many thanks
Taï-nui
on November 10th, 2008 at 11:52 am
these classes have become de facto tween packages in all my projects now. I rarely even use the timeline anymore, as these are far more powerful and controllable.
on January 13th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Cyberdyne Systems found a Terminator arm and I found GreenSock! Donation of 150.00 sent! Make me a member please. :D
on February 4th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Thanks jack for all the questions you have answered, people should know that you stand behind your code, and that when it comes to tweening classes your code is second to none. You have me hooked for life.
on February 18th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
You had me at ‘transformAroundCenter’. Well done, sir.
on March 4th, 2009 at 8:49 am
hi!,
Congratulations Jack… i just can´t live without your classes… i have been using them for sometime now and they are a milestone in all my flash projects!
I must say i admire your distribution policies. As a freelancer i have made a rule that all my work is done with “legal” software (including fonts) and i think that the possibility of being able to use “simple” versions of your classes an amazing step… the possibility to choose one’s membership plan… heaven on earth :)
i finnally did it… just donated 75$ so i am half shockingly… as i read i can update my membership within an year… and i sure will!
congratulations for your amazing contribution!
on March 22nd, 2009 at 5:32 am
hi,
jack … i get the classes today… :)
the memebership is a perfect idea.
you did an amazing job…
great work… thx a lot
chris from germany
on March 28th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Hi jack
I finally decided to become a club greensock member after all this time because it’s just the right thing to do. Your contribution and work has made my job so much easier time after time and I find myself still discovering new features when using the TweenLiteVars and TweenMaxVars, which by the way are greatly appreciated! The bonus classes will sure come in handy too!
Thanx again and keep up the great work my friend!
on April 10th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Jack,
As an presently unemployed graphic designer who is still very green with flash and especially AS3, I figure it is only appropriate that I go green.
Unfortunately, as an unemployed designer, I can only spare a little bit’o green. Hopefully, with TweenMax (awesome work BTW) I will be able to update my site, get a little less green with Flash and make some good green putting TweenLite/Max to good use and become increasingly green (aiming for stunningly green) and put a little more green where it certainly belongs (your wallet).
Happy to be part of such a green world. Cheers.
Damon
on May 1st, 2009 at 1:30 pm
I’ve only just begun to familiarize myself with GS, and I’m blown to pieces by it’s capabilities! I will certainly donate as soon as I start using it to get access to the rest of the classes, it’s tax deductible anyways for crying out loud!
on May 24th, 2009 at 4:19 am
First time donating for anything on the web, and very happy to do it.
But surprised to learn I was only “one of very few people” who have chipped in. I hope everyone who can afford to, does chip in to keep this project going. Heaven forbid, but I guess Adobe’s already thinking about AS4, and I for one don’t want to be stuck without the AS4 ‘gs’ classes.