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It’s a shame but you also have to be realistic. People have to make a living.
You know, a "made with" blender film just won an Oscar. I bet Blender devs also have to make a living and I doubt they work for free.
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Got to be realistic. That was one piece of software and it took decades and a team and plenty of free labor to get to where it is. People have to eat daily.
FLOSS devs do eat daily. It's not developed by fasting people.
Survivor bias backed examples are not a good argument.
Expressive Animator gives you the right to use the current version of the software (v1) in perpetuity and entitles you to receive free updates until version 2 becomes available (no planned release date currently). So... is it the real lifetime license? What about the next versions?
When version 2 is out, you will have the option to upgrade for a fee or to continue to use version 1 for free for as long as you like.
A new term such as 'All version [n] updates included' (or something less clunky) needs to be found. At least one could Google it and understand the proposition, if its meaning was not clear - but 'lifetime license' is massively deceptive.
[1] https://reddit.com/r/4kdownloadapps/comments/1hbmdpn/really_...
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When version 2 is out, you will have the option to upgrade for a fee or to continue to use version 1 for free for as long as you like.
I think that this is a disingenuous use of the (legacy) term 'Lifetime license'. No-one who hasn't recently been screwed over by a software house like 4K Video Downloader [1] would think that 'lifetime' only covered the current lead version number. A new term such as 'All version [n] updates included' (or something less clunky) needs to be found. At least one could Google it and understand the proposition, if its mea…
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Maybe that's why people don't bother targeting Linux. Look at your comment. Why are people so easily offended these days by things that are out here, doing no harm to anyone. Like, you could just hit the back button and go on with your day. Why do you need to be so offended? If this is the sort of stuff that triggers you I can't imagine how your day looks like.
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You know, a "made with" blender film just won an Oscar. I bet Blender devs also have to make a living and I doubt they work for free.
To be fair, Blender did not start as a FOSS but as a proprietary software.
Expressive Animator gives you the right to use the current version of the software (v1) in perpetuity and entitles you to receive free updates until version 2 becomes available (no planned release date currently). So... is it the real lifetime license? What about the next versions?
When version 2 is out, you will have the option to upgrade for a fee or to continue to use version 1 for free for as long as you like.
From the pricing page:
"Enjoy the benefits of our lifetime license and get access to all features and upcoming updates with a one-off payment"
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I find it interesting when folks criticize software for not being free / open source. There's nothing stopping you from creating the FOSS you are disappointed someone else didn't create - or from investing your own time into improving an existing project. I don't think we need to criticize someone else's choice to go a different path.