What happened to Storybook?

Posted by Chris
Nov 25, 2013 at 03:55 PM

Hi there, I was one of the contributors to the StoryBook project. I too was surprised to find the site dead and the source code gone from SourceForge. I worked on the Mac version of the software. I have the source code (as of May 27) and was working on updating the code for StoryBook4 to work on the Mac.

Would there be any interest in supporting continued development of this project? At the very least I could create a new source code repository and put up a website where the most current version could be downloaded. I can also remove the checks for the “premium” version (really, just make it so everyone gets the feature-complete version as was always the case with the Mac version)

What do you think?

Regards,
Chris

Pavi wrote:
Hi, I haven’t had any time to post lately. However, just before this
>topic started, I happened to visit the Storybook website to see if any
>new development was taking place. A message said that the website had
>been taken down to a tax claim by the Swiss government. So presumably
>things are not looking very positive.
> >Before version 4, the personalized feel of the site and emails was
>starting to change. For instance, the sourceforge bug reports and
>suggestions links were removed. I wonder if there might have been a
>change of ownership. However, this is pure speculation and hopefully the
>software can get back on track.
> >My Pro version 3.2 works without any license check. I will try to email
>the author to see about this, and if anything can or will be done to
>accommodate paying customers.
> >Best, /Pavi