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I am both a developer for and user of Linux. Paid-for software is best distributed using your own repository. @wesamco's comment describes how Sublime Text is

I am both a developer for and user of Linux. Paid-for software is best distributed using your own repository. @wesamco's comment describes how Sublime Text is distributed and it works well. Other paid-for softwares have similar success. I use Synergy. To install, I need to download a pre-built application. When it runs it will ask for a license key. I type in the license key and it goes and verifies it. Both solutions solve different problems. The repository solves package management: installation, versioning, and dependency chains. License keys ensure that the software is paid for.

nly 6y ago
As someone who used to work on Synergy I can assure you that building a .deb or .rpm that works across as many distros as possible is a royal pita. Around about the time I was working on it half the distros users wanted to use were on OpenSSL 1.0 and the other half on 1.1.1. even Debian and Ubuntu were split due to their release cycles being different. Also, Linux support was never a priority for the company. You should probably save your money and just use Barrier, a FOSS fork.
- inetknght 6y ago
  > As someone who used to work on Synergy I can assure you that building a .deb or .rpm that works across as many distros as possible is a royal pita. I don't disagree. > You should probably save your money and just use Barrier, a FOSS fork. Synergy has worked for my needs and so I paid for it. How does Barrier differ?
  - nly 6y ago
    > How does Barrier differ? The people who work on it give a damn