This is actually really cool for other things than RubyMotion. The biggest drawback of having to pay for frameworks and development toolkits is that you cannot easily test drive them (the reason I am a fan of the free-for-personal GPL/BSD + commercial license model). This potentially takes away some of those concerns.
Students of HN - Looks like RubyMotion has a student discount! [0]<p>> I am a large company or a student. Do you offer site licenses or educational discounts?
Yes. Contact us and we can work something out.<p>[0]: <a href="http://www.rubymotion.com/support/" rel="nofollow">http://www.rubymotion.com/support/</a>