Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 4:47:36 PM, Hussein Shafie wrote: > Alex K. wrote: >> I manage the website of a 501(c)(3) non-profit, and have been >> maintaining system documentation in DocBook using XMLmind XML Editor. >> With the latest release removing the free license option, what are the >> options for my organization to continue w/ XMLMind for our documentation? > > The license for XMLmind XML Editor Personal Edition is perpetual. The > fact that we have withdrawn Personal Edition from our Web site does not > mean that all the licensees have lost their rights to use their copies > of Personal Edition. > > If you are satisfied with the version of XMLmind XML Editor Personal > Edition you are using, I would recommend to simply keep using it.
Still, open source projects and such will not even consider XXE this way. There you don't even consider non-free stuff (regardless that older free XXE-s will be available for ever... from somewhere, because I don't see it on your site), because contributors come and go, and so you just won't fiddle with licences. Not to mention that even if you willing to, XXE is quite an expensive software for non-profit work. I don't know how many organizations and open source projects use XXE's free edition, but I'm certain that the user-base from those fields will start to shrink now, as only old users remain, and no new ones will come. -- Best regards, Daniel Dekany -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support
