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No longer entirely free, monthly fee to share work from version 2.01
0.9.7 is just a release candidate, not the latest stable release. Shouldn't it be changed back?
Is this program really open source, or is it merely built on top of open source software? When installing the program there was a lot of legal mumbo-jumbo that to my eye seemed to suggest that this program uses proprietary, copyrighted code controlled by the parent company. If this is open source, where can I download the source code? If I had the skills, could I modify the Celtx code to create my own screenwriting program? Is there documentation to the file formats, at least? One of the big problems with all of the screenplay software out there is a lack of standards, it is quite difficult to get your screenplay out of one format (example: Fianl Draft) and into another (example: Movie Magic Screenwriter). I would love to see an open standard published for formatting screenplays, so they could be transparently moved between apps.
Celtx has the ability to export to PDF format which is currently the standard format for all screenplays in Hollywood 217.43.47.153 02:09, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
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Name Origins?
http://forums.celtx.com/viewtopic.php?t=3084
Response: 1) Yes, it's open source. The code is available for all (From the celtx Download page: http://www.celtx.com/download/celtx-10-src.tar.bz2). As for file formats...it's open source, so if it uses a custom format you can always create a converter.
As for script formats...the program uses industry standard formats...so if you have issue with those, take it up with the movie, theatre, television, and comic book industries. Anyone in these industries would know these formats. Hell, they teach them in any basic screenwriting/playwriting class.
Finally, as to the legal mumbo jumbo: it's there to inform the user that the source code is open source, and that the PUBLISHED source code of OFFICIAL releases is controlled by CelTx, but that anyone can FORK the program using existing code as long as they change the name of the program they release. 24.165.165.137 ( talk) 00:58, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Note:
The celtx Download page link above does not work.
The question "Download Celtx Source Code"
https://ask.celtx.com/question/2282/download-celtx-source-code/
on the Celtx forum (asked Aug 25 2013) has no response (Jun 26 2014).
The Celtx FAQ says:
But the Sign Up form does not work (error "a.Hb is not a function"). And requiring a registration is not really in the "MPL" (Mozilla Public License) spirit.
There are some github repositories containing some Celtx source code, but without version history, and no verifiable authenticity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.141.104.250 ( talk) 14:30, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
It is mentioned by the BBC as one of 5 pieces of script writing software at http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scriptsmart/index.shtml
(I am not very engaged with the Wikipedia community; my hope is that someone who is will fix this up to meet the norms.) This article really does read too closely to marketing material. Large chunks of it are more or less indistinguishable from text on the product's webpage. This isn't close to the level of quality I hope for in a Wikipedia article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.232.209.190 ( talk) 01:00, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
This is the only edit that 41.232.209.190 has ever made and has gone a year and a half without further comment; I am about to remove the template from the article. — Robert Greer ( talk) 18:00, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
It would be great to chronicle the history of the software from its open-source roots––which the developers prided themselves on––to where the software and its parent company is at today in terms of providing a service and taking what were standard options e.g. index cards out of the free version and moving them to the paid cloud version. Zer0Nin3r ( talk) 09:31, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
According to their Celtx 101 video at https://www.celtx.com/support.html the correct pronunciation is "keltics". Additional info: https://ask.celtx.com/question/2475/where-did-the-name-celtx-come-from/ and http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Celtx-Terry-Borst/dp/1435459016 187.54.201.138 ( talk) 04:04, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
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No longer entirely free, monthly fee to share work from version 2.01
0.9.7 is just a release candidate, not the latest stable release. Shouldn't it be changed back?
Is this program really open source, or is it merely built on top of open source software? When installing the program there was a lot of legal mumbo-jumbo that to my eye seemed to suggest that this program uses proprietary, copyrighted code controlled by the parent company. If this is open source, where can I download the source code? If I had the skills, could I modify the Celtx code to create my own screenwriting program? Is there documentation to the file formats, at least? One of the big problems with all of the screenplay software out there is a lack of standards, it is quite difficult to get your screenplay out of one format (example: Fianl Draft) and into another (example: Movie Magic Screenwriter). I would love to see an open standard published for formatting screenplays, so they could be transparently moved between apps.
Celtx has the ability to export to PDF format which is currently the standard format for all screenplays in Hollywood 217.43.47.153 02:09, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
Added the source to the main article.
Name Origins?
http://forums.celtx.com/viewtopic.php?t=3084
Response: 1) Yes, it's open source. The code is available for all (From the celtx Download page: http://www.celtx.com/download/celtx-10-src.tar.bz2). As for file formats...it's open source, so if it uses a custom format you can always create a converter.
As for script formats...the program uses industry standard formats...so if you have issue with those, take it up with the movie, theatre, television, and comic book industries. Anyone in these industries would know these formats. Hell, they teach them in any basic screenwriting/playwriting class.
Finally, as to the legal mumbo jumbo: it's there to inform the user that the source code is open source, and that the PUBLISHED source code of OFFICIAL releases is controlled by CelTx, but that anyone can FORK the program using existing code as long as they change the name of the program they release. 24.165.165.137 ( talk) 00:58, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Note:
The celtx Download page link above does not work.
The question "Download Celtx Source Code"
https://ask.celtx.com/question/2282/download-celtx-source-code/
on the Celtx forum (asked Aug 25 2013) has no response (Jun 26 2014).
The Celtx FAQ says:
But the Sign Up form does not work (error "a.Hb is not a function"). And requiring a registration is not really in the "MPL" (Mozilla Public License) spirit.
There are some github repositories containing some Celtx source code, but without version history, and no verifiable authenticity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.141.104.250 ( talk) 14:30, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
It is mentioned by the BBC as one of 5 pieces of script writing software at http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scriptsmart/index.shtml
(I am not very engaged with the Wikipedia community; my hope is that someone who is will fix this up to meet the norms.) This article really does read too closely to marketing material. Large chunks of it are more or less indistinguishable from text on the product's webpage. This isn't close to the level of quality I hope for in a Wikipedia article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.232.209.190 ( talk) 01:00, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
This is the only edit that 41.232.209.190 has ever made and has gone a year and a half without further comment; I am about to remove the template from the article. — Robert Greer ( talk) 18:00, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
It would be great to chronicle the history of the software from its open-source roots––which the developers prided themselves on––to where the software and its parent company is at today in terms of providing a service and taking what were standard options e.g. index cards out of the free version and moving them to the paid cloud version. Zer0Nin3r ( talk) 09:31, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
According to their Celtx 101 video at https://www.celtx.com/support.html the correct pronunciation is "keltics". Additional info: https://ask.celtx.com/question/2475/where-did-the-name-celtx-come-from/ and http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Celtx-Terry-Borst/dp/1435459016 187.54.201.138 ( talk) 04:04, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
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Edit request to update article by improving sources, and including information about the developer and its owner.
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Drivethru70 ( talk) 16:25, 15 September 2022 (UTC)