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Sounds like all software from the 70s through 00's. Did they ever claim they would hold a backup of the installer?

• viraptor 11mo ago
  There's a difference between "we don't have it anymore" and "we won't provide it for security reasons". They're not the same.
  • benatkin 11mo ago
    They are essentially the same as software purchased from the 70s to the 00s though - shrinkwrap software, a term cleverly coined by Joel Spolsky. I just thought of it as buying software in a store at the time. Perpetual license is also a good descriptor. If you have the same OS you downloaded it on, hopefully you have it backed up. The scenario "we won't provide it for security reasons" only shows up as a gotcha. The author of that GitHub repo would know better than to use it.
    • viraptor 11mo ago
      I see that as more than a gotcha. It speaks to what the company really stands for if they say "yeah, we got it, you bought rights to use it, but nah, screw you". They're in no way obligated to provide the installer of course, but if they have the ability, I'd still complain if they don't.
  • Brian_K_White 11mo ago
    There is no difference. They are exatly the same, because they don't owe you a rationale that you approve of. Even if they offered no rationale at all it changes nothing because they don't owe you anything. You paid, you got, you're both done.