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Do JetBrains products still work if the company would go out of business or decided to undo the perpetual license? (I haven't upgraded my license since they swi
by danieldk 7y ago
Do JetBrains products still work if the company would go out of business or decided to undo the perpetual license? (I haven't upgraded my license since they switched to the subscription model.) [1]
[1] It would probably be difficult contractually, but such things happen. See e.g. TextDrive hosting lifetime accounts.
- jhawk28 7y agoYour perpetual license only works on a historical version. It doesn't work with any updates. The incentive is for them to continue building products that make you want to upgrade. The perpetual license key works in a disconnected network so it doesn't matter if JetBrains went out of business. You just need to make sure you have a local copy backed up.
- taneq 7y agoHonestly that's OK, if it doesn't break my current build arbitrarily then maybe later I'll upgrade.