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JetBrains which creates IntelliJ etc is nice this way, they give you a permanent license to the last version released while you were still a customer (provided
by eitland 10y ago
JetBrains which creates IntelliJ etc is nice this way, they give you a permanent license to the last version released while you were still a customer (provided you are a customer for more than x months first.)
I find this both smart and nice: you can pay monthly and still get a permanent license so you won't be trapped.
Full disclosure: I use Netbeans which is free from the start and which I like better anyway, I'm just saying Jetbrains seems to be a nice company ;-)
- anakic 10y agoYeah, something like that might be the way to do it. Cut off old licenses from new versions but leave it functioning indefinitely with old versions. Offer a paid upgrade option. I think I like that option.
- seanp2k2 10y agoAlways seemed like a fair system to me as well. You're paying for a year of updates, then after that it'll continue to work and receive security-critical updates, but you won't get the new features. Of course, it's possible to totally plan features out over the years to encourage people to upgrade, or e.g. Hold back something many have wanted in order to release it with the next big version where people would get cut off, but alas.
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