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Expecting what is sold as a lifetime license to actually last the lifetime of the software is being a tightwad? That's just lying to your customers.

fnordpiglet 4y ago
But it is. I’m worried you might not have read the article. You are still entitled to your license after you read his appeal to your generosity and email him.
- counttheforks 4y ago
  I have read it. Instead of honoring the license they sold, they changed them unilaterally without even contacting their customers and now they require you to periodically beg for a renewal of the lifetime license you own. This is scummy behavior. Also, I wonder how they plan to reimburse users for the days they weren't able to use the software they paid for. Note how they pointed out that replying to the emails begging for a renewal will "take time" during which the software is unusable.
fnordpiglet 4y ago
I don’t get it. What can you point specifically to the lie? Did you read the article in full? The headline is wrong, the premise of the blog post is wrong. The only factual bit were the quotes from the developer in which he explains his appeal to his users generosity and provides instructions how to receive the renewed keys for their life time license. The only difference now is the keys weren’t automatically granted but require a manual step. That pause in the process just gives folks a chance to reflect on what a tightwad they are given the pretty compelling appeal of the developer where he says clearly he was young and naive 25 years ago (when he was likely basically a kid) and made a commitment he regrets now, but will honor none the less. That seems like exactly the right behavior for a solo developer to do in this situation. Everyone here is opining how he should be ended mIrc and making nirc as a licensed hard fork that people have to pay for instead. That’s really not in spirit of the original license, but folks somehow find it more tasteful than honoring the original license but caveating it for users as being a financial difficulty for the developer. I feel like I’ve stepped into moral bizarro land. The fork and rebrand to get out of the license agreement is sociopathic to my mind.
- jackvalentine 4y ago
  > That seems like exactly the right behavior for a solo developer to do in this situation. The right thing to be would be the dialogue saying “mIRC as a business isn’t doing so well and your licence was bought 15 years ago. Do you mind chipping in again? If not click next to continue sorry for bothering you.” Instead it says “This registration has expired. Please see the mIRC website for more information on renewing your registration.” which projects a very different message.

fnordpiglet 4y ago

But it is. I’m worried you might not have read the article. You are still entitled to your license after you read his appeal to your generosity and email him.

counttheforks 4y ago
I have read it. Instead of honoring the license they sold, they changed them unilaterally without even contacting their customers and now they require you to periodically beg for a renewal of the lifetime license you own. This is scummy behavior. Also, I wonder how they plan to reimburse users for the days they weren't able to use the software they paid for. Note how they pointed out that replying to the emails begging for a renewal will "take time" during which the software is unusable.

fnordpiglet 4y ago

I don’t get it. What can you point specifically to the lie? Did you read the article in full? The headline is wrong, the premise of the blog post is wrong. The only factual bit were the quotes from the developer in which he explains his appeal to his users generosity and provides instructions how to receive the renewed keys for their life time license. The only difference now is the keys weren’t automatically granted but require a manual step. That pause in the process just gives folks a chance to reflect on what a tightwad they are given the pretty compelling appeal of the developer where he says clearly he was young and naive 25 years ago (when he was likely basically a kid) and made a commitment he regrets now, but will honor none the less. That seems like exactly the right behavior for a solo developer to do in this situation. Everyone here is opining how he should be ended mIrc and making nirc as a licensed hard fork that people have to pay for instead. That’s really not in spirit of the original license, but folks somehow find it more tasteful than honoring the original license but caveating it for users as being a financial difficulty for the developer. I feel like I’ve stepped into moral bizarro land. The fork and rebrand to get out of the license agreement is sociopathic to my mind.

jackvalentine 4y ago
> That seems like exactly the right behavior for a solo developer to do in this situation. The right thing to be would be the dialogue saying “mIRC as a business isn’t doing so well and your licence was bought 15 years ago. Do you mind chipping in again? If not click next to continue sorry for bothering you.” Instead it says “This registration has expired. Please see the mIRC website for more information on renewing your registration.” which projects a very different message.