Go for it, but I'm with Jason (and also not in the US). I make more in a month and a half than the cost of the license, and my apps don't sell _that_ well.
And to be honest, I'd rather write apps than try to get compensation. It's a better use of my time. But there is no way I'd stop you doing it. I'd read the license terms tho. Your "pay out" could be ($499 / 12 months * number of months left). Even if it was a corporate license, an hour or 2 of lawyer time would be eaten up. If it worth spending the time for, say, $150 in Attachmate credit? (being it's seldom a cash payout) On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 20:33, Chris Hamblett <[email protected]> wrote: > You are assuming that there are class action cases worth tens of millions > all over the place. There are actually a lot of less then rich lawyers > because they have to compete for the same cases; I can't see a lawyer > choosing to starve then accept a $20k+ paycheck for a month or two worth of > actual work, but then again I'm not a lawyer and they might choose the > principle of begging on the street then work for less then a certain amount. > Just think of the lawyers who take a case of medical malpractice worth $10k > to $15k; if they had soo many million dollar cases, they would constantly > turn down those "low profile" cases. It's like a software developer never > working for less then $40 an hour and choosing to get food stamps instead > because the good paying jobs are gone; this is rarely the case, and people > always take less then thrilling jobs while hoping for something better. > > ________________________________ > Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:24:47 -0500 > Subject: Re: [MonoTouch] Class action lawsuit? > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > not even a bad lawyer would be interested in a class action with a $40k > liability. They're interested in cases in the tens of millions. > I'm as pissed as anyone at Attachmate, but suing them is just going to make > the lawyers richer, and give you an ulcer in the process. > At this point I'm content to wait and see what Xamarin comes up with. > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Chris Hamblett <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Does anyone know a good class action lawyer that would be interested > in pursuing Attachmate to get some of the license fees refunded to current > paid owners? I bet their is at least $40k worth of licensing that Attachmate > is not supporting per the purchase terms. This is especially pertinent to > those that are having license activation problems and cannot even use the > deployment portion of the IDE. > ~Chris > _______________________________________________ > MonoTouch mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch > > > > _______________________________________________ > MonoTouch mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch > > -- Nic Wise t. +44 7788 592 806 | @fastchicken | http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicwise b. http://www.fastchicken.co.nz/ mobileAgent (for FreeAgent): get your accounts in your pocket. http://goo.gl/IuBU Trip Wallet: Keep track of your budget on the go: http://goo.gl/ePhKa London Bike App: Find the nearest Boris Bike, and get riding! http://goo.gl/Icp2 _______________________________________________ MonoTouch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch
