Am Donnerstag, den 20.09.2012, 16:55 +0200 schrieb Daniel Dekany: > 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 fact that we have withdrawn Personal Edition from our Web site does not 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.
I don't know if it's a good idea to completely give up the community branch but I can understand the decision. I maintain an open source project myself and know very well how difficult it can be to make a living from services round the project without a decent base of users being willing to pay for a license, Don't forget, XXE is not OpenSource and for a specialised commercial product of this quality licence pricing is moderate. After having looked at a couple of other products and working with the XXE evaluation copy for a while I've decided that it's worth the money, fullstop. Hans Artmann > Kassensysteme Warenwirtschaft Vernetzung __________________________ Hans Artmann Flüggenstr. 10 80639 München Tel +49 89 17095721 Fax +49 89 17095722 Mob +49 151 17413090 www.arcasys.de Ust-Id: DE261339573
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