A prize you don't get to keep

"Richard Herman"  wrote i

>

it is sort of funny... a huge company like Premier Farnell giving away a

price which they take back a year later.

 

>

What could be less funny though, is that this could mean a new licensing

scheme for V6. I don't think it's possible right now to have a time

limited license.

The reason I abanded my old PCB software was exactly for that reason: from

one version to the next they changed licensing to a subscription model:

renew every year or it would stop working. No thanks.

 

As far as I know there's nothing to indicate that, so maybe it's just a

one time thing for the contest. Gave me a little scare...

Exactly. I thought it was a mean offering.

CadSoft already operate time limited software and you need an internet

connection for it to run.

There is the Freemium licence and the current Beta software.

The competition should clarify that an internet connection will be needed to

run the prize, if that is the case.

Warren

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"Richard Herman"  wrote i

>

it is sort of funny... a huge company like Premier Farnell giving away a

price which they take back a year later.

 

>

What could be less funny though, is that this could mean a new licensing

scheme for V6. I don't think it's possible right now to have a time

limited license.

The reason I abanded my old PCB software was exactly for that reason: from

one version to the next they changed licensing to a subscription model:

renew every year or it would stop working. No thanks.

 

As far as I know there's nothing to indicate that, so maybe it's just a

one time thing for the contest. Gave me a little scare...

Exactly. I thought it was a mean offering.

CadSoft already operate time limited software and you need an internet

connection for it to run.

There is the Freemium licence and the current Beta software.

The competition should clarify that an internet connection will be needed to

run the prize, if that is the case.

Warren

--

Viewed / responded via the newsgroup at

news.cadsoft.de

"Richard Herman"  wrote i

>

it is sort of funny... a huge company like Premier Farnell giving away a

price which they take back a year later.

 

>

What could be less funny though, is that this could mean a new licensing

scheme for V6. I don't think it's possible right now to have a time

limited license.

The reason I abanded my old PCB software was exactly for that reason: from

one version to the next they changed licensing to a subscription model:

renew every year or it would stop working. No thanks.

 

As far as I know there's nothing to indicate that, so maybe it's just a

one time thing for the contest. Gave me a little scare...

Exactly. I thought it was a mean offering.

CadSoft already operate time limited software and you need an internet

connection for it to run.

There is the Freemium licence and the current Beta software.

The competition should clarify that an internet connection will be needed to

run the prize, if that is the case.

Warren

--

Viewed / responded via the newsgroup at

news.cadsoft.de