....can I at anytime use it to expand / recreate my App away from the BT environment? (providing I do Host it myself). can I remove any BT references before I compile? (If I feel that way Devilish inclined!!) :)

The big diference between Buzz Touch and other similer solutions online, is that BT is here to help you. You use it, download the code and do as you please with it.

The source code is yours to keep as it says on their FAQ section. The source code is not hosted on Buzztouch's site. A Buzztouch app may use various resources hosted on Buzztouch's server (or self-hosted server) but not all Buzztouch apps do so. Fred

@Cat5: "Can I remove any BT references before I compile it." Good question. This will depend on what you change and how you interpret the License it ships with. Not everyone "reads" the open source license the same way. We encourage you to expand, explore, and improve but we don't encourage you to try to claim that you wrote the code if you did not. In most cases, this doesn't matter. Unless you show the code to another developer, nobody will ever see the BT references in it anyway. It's a matter of balancing how much you actually created, how much credit you want to give (or now little) and how much you honor the license. We encourage open-mindedness and think it's in the best interest for all of us. Go get em'

Thanks David for that honest reply to my straight forward question, although on the surface of it, it appears I was asking if it was ok to "pinch" code? well as a code hacker from wayyyy back in the Cobol, DBaseIV, Clipper S86, FoxPro, VisualBasic days, as part of the learning curve it was "normal" to incorp. "proven" routines from existing code. Sure credit was given, but only if large chunks of code were used. Routines like basic data capture from a serial port didn't need the wheel re-invented or for that matter having a text string rotate were standard and were "borrowed" without much guilt. Now after viewing completing more of your online quizzes, I have a better understanding as to why and how BT sets up it's code (....and plugins!) to benefit all. It's making sense to me and I really do respect you guys for being so honest and extremely helpful for me getting a leg up on this whole Mobile platform programming. Hope to sing your praises to a couple of old-timer friends that have expressed "learning App development"....and to get one of my ideas into an App very soon!

@Cat5: Old timers - awesome. I understand exactly what you're saying. Lots and lots of our "open source code" is derived from countless other sources. It's the nature of the beast. Like music, everything is based on prior art. Speaking of art, it's tough to know when / how / if to give credit or not. I generally ask myself "did I make most of this script, class, whatever" If so, I don't bother to credit or worry about it. If I honestly know that I've adjusted only a bit of something, I generally give a shout out. Either way is fine, we aren't worried or anal protective or anything. The only thing we ask from time to time (when we see it) is when folks promote something "they made" but leave our name in it. Confusing I know but for sure we don't want our audience thinking "we made it" if somebody else is marketing, promoting, creating some magic solution that's hardly innovative, rarely useful, and for sure not our style. I think you get it. Jump in, hack away, make something cool, it'll all work out regardless ;-)