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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 6523450" data-attributes="member: 82106">Well, its basically 'Map Tool 2.0', and yes, it appears to be free. OTOH its not like I could find a download link, you have to ask and get someone to forward you a copy. The idea is they'd LIKE you to support the project and not just grab a free download and then ask for support. Honestly I'm not exactly even sure how you WOULD support them right now, as the KS ended almost a year ago and I didn't see a donation page anywhere. I guess the main guy got sick and more-or-less dropped out right after the kickstarter, and the project has continued, but it seems pretty disorganized. There's no central point of information, they don't communicate well, etc. They seem to be using Google+ mainly and there has been some recent chatter there. I'm not sure if they will have a download link available once the project beta ends (they say this week or next week, the original launch date was supposed to be 2 months ago). Presumably the source code will need to be available, at least, as its a fork of Map Tool, which is AFAIK all copyleft. However, a lot of what they seem to be doing is improvements to installation and other ancillary bits, so they may be able to maintain a hold on certain features even if they do release the source. I dunno. I guess there were some kerfuffles surrounding the forking.</blockquote>