We have a pretty big announcement to make :)

As of today (effective immediately) our free IT2BE Components for Servoy are now Open Source.

For those that are not familiar with our free Components they are:

- Barcode Plug-in (and Bean)
- Cryptor Plug-in
- Fax Plug-in
- FTP Plug-in
- Splash Plug-in
- Tools Plug-in

There are several reasons to make this move but the most important ones are:

1. So that you, fellow Servoy Developers, can help me make these Components better and better.
2. So that bugs and features (and hopefully suggestions for code changes) can be implemented faster.
3. So that I get my hands free for better support on my Commercial Components.
4. So that I get my hands free to honor more consultancy requests.

This step means that some things change and some don't.
You can read more about this below:

- You will still download the above mentioned Components through our Components Manager.
- You do not need to (request and) use a license key anymore (no need to remove the code either, the registration method is deprecated and not gone).
- The Open Source Components are not obfuscated anymore.
- You can now download the source code from ServoyForge for evaluation or for you to use (under the terms of the FreeBSD License).
- We can not honor support requests through our own Helpdesk System anymore for these Components (unless you want us to give you paid support). Instead use ServoyForge.

That is about it for now.
I do hope that you are as exited about this as we are and I do hope that many of you participate in improving the mentioned Components to bring them to a new level.

Have fun with them!!!