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That's my take too. The proprietary software licence I could agree with is a perpetual licence combined with limited updates. I can accept that mIRC made a mis
by nebulous1 4y ago
That's my take too. The proprietary software licence I could agree with is a perpetual licence combined with limited updates.
I can accept that mIRC made a mistake when they offered free updates to all future versions, and needed to walk that part back. The problem with not accepting this is that mIRC could just be forced to rerelease as mmIRC, which is bad for everybody (users lose updates unless they switch, author loses branding).
However, as you say, it should have just been the right to updates that was walked back, not the perpetual licence for the existing software.
- behringer 4y agoMost companies just stop offering the lifetime license to new customers...
- nebulous1 4y agoWho is "most companies"? Most companies never offered lifetime updates to begin with. Anyway, the logic still applies: it's unlikely that mIRC has very many "new" customers so they wouldn't be commercially viable.
- trynewideas 4y agomIRC did, seven years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/mIRC/comments/fq8hrf/comment/g2t5mx5/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/mIRC/comments/fq8hrf/comment/g2t5mx... > From approximately 22-Aug-2015 to 07-Mar-2016: The home user license is valid for 10 years of updates. > From approximately 08-Mar-2016 to 01-Sept-2018: The home user license is valid for "several years" of updates. It is unclear exactly how many years that means. > And from approximately 02-Sep-2018 to now (March 2020): The home user license is valid for three years of updates.