My approach to buying shareware is if I try something and it helps me do something I need to do, I go buy it, even if I do not need to do that thing again. It's a matter of integrity to me. I think there are a lot of people like that, but I know there are also a lot of other people who think if they can get away with not paying anyone anytime for anything they have done, they will try to do that. I have lost a lot of respect for people I once thought of as friends over this.
So I guess my point is, you will never change a person. All you can do is try to target the ones who have integrity, and consider the rest to be a waste of atmosphere. :-) Bob On Apr 25, 2012, at 7:04 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > Jacque- > > Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 9:11:08 AM, you wrote: > >> I think so too. Or even just make the program slightly annoying during >> launch. Graphic Converter does that and its author has been supporting >> himself for years with it, it's hugely popular. It isn't limited in any >> way. He just inserts a 10 second wait after every launch before the >> program becomes useable. Like most people, I used the free version for a >> couple of years until the ten seconds got so annoying I paid up. I've >> been paying for updates ever since. > > I go the annoying route as well. I don't want to release crippled > versions of software because you can't get a good sense of what a > program does if it doesn't do it properly. I hate it when people do > that. I also don't want to bother with time-limited releases, because > they're not foolproof and I'd waste more time coming up with some > complex scheme for it and some idiot would come along and break it in > thirty seconds. > > So I have a randomizer routine that comes into play every <random> > launches, disables the program until the next launch, and presents a > nag screen urging the user to purchase a license and stop the > annoyance. The randomizer function is in a protected substack that > also contains key functions without which the program won't work. That > prevents getting around the randomizer function by stepping past the > code or removing the substack. > > -- > -Mark Wieder > mwie...@ahsoftware.net > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
