cunobelinus;664473 Wrote: > > > It was of course noble of Erland to make this plugin for free > > originally. But marketing-wise, I can't help thinking that nag-ware > > (or, well, anything, really) would have been more psychologically > > effective than the give-and-then-take-away approach.[/color] > > And would have been within the law. Perhaps, though, Erland likes the > thrill of putting himself outside it and then getting his mates to > shout "sue him"; or is happy in the the knowledge that he is behaving > in a way that the legislative bodies of the EU and its constituent > states - representative of how many million people? - have agreed is so > shabby and dishonest that it should not be allowed.
I still do not understand your legal issues here. IMHO it's pretty simple: Erland's plugins are released under GPL license. You can get the source for *all* plugins and *all* versions on his google code page. If you were using his plugins before he introduced the License check, you can still use these versions for free. They do not include any License check and will work without the need to pay Erland a single dollar. Only if you use the newer versions of his plugins (i.e. the versions AFTER he implemented the License check) will not work without a license. If your SBS is set to "Install plugin updates automatically", this may of course cause the plugin to be updated even if you do not want it. In this case, you can downgrade the plugin version by download an older version from Erland's page. Nothing is taken away from you. You can still use the old versions for free. PS: I hope that enough people will support Erland and buy a license. I once was the main dev of an open-source application with a user base of around 400k users and the development was pretty time-consuming. I asked for some donations and of the 400k people, I think 5-10 people have donated. So, IMHO, donations are a great idea, but it does not really work, because there are not enough people ready to donate. (I donated to Erland before and also bought a license now, but most people probably did not.) -- flattermann Christian Home of 'SqueezeCommander' (http://www.squeezecommander.com) - The SqueezeBox Remote Control App for Android ------------------------------------------------------------------------ flattermann's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33169 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90975 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
