Lukas W.
Well-known member
Just as a matter of fact, in the one year this add-on has been here, only three people have actually bought a license, and I've given every single one of them a discount. It's mostly the honesty of these people that counts, and it's the honesty of these people that has kept me one or two times from turning this into a paid add-on for everyone.
I'm not gonna hunt anyone down for using this add-on against the license, I don't have the resources for that, so if anyone feels the price is unjustified and feels too much in his right to just use it instead of asking for a discount, then by all means, I'll let them have their will. I just like to remind them, that it'll be on them, should this add-on be turned into a paid one in the future.
If anyone wondered why I introduced this license scheme for my XF2 add-ons in the first instance: Back in XF1, I had all my add-ons published under the MIT license. Only in hindsight I realized, what a mistake that was. People take your work for granted. They'll take it, they'll use it, they'll earn money with it. And not a single one will bother with giving back. So with XF2 I decided for a more radical course of kindly forcing people who earn money through this add-on to give back, so it stays free for everyone who offers his content for free. There's no recurring license, there's no expiry date, there's no copyright notice, there's no access limitation. It's a one-time investment, and you'll do good with it. If that's not worth it to anyone, I can live with that.
That said, I'll keep this add-on free as long as I have the feeling that the people that use it against the license are not gaining the upper hand. I've seen quite a few around, even more who use it rightfully though. And I appreciate all the people that leave reviews and bug reports here.
I'm not gonna hunt anyone down for using this add-on against the license, I don't have the resources for that, so if anyone feels the price is unjustified and feels too much in his right to just use it instead of asking for a discount, then by all means, I'll let them have their will. I just like to remind them, that it'll be on them, should this add-on be turned into a paid one in the future.
If anyone wondered why I introduced this license scheme for my XF2 add-ons in the first instance: Back in XF1, I had all my add-ons published under the MIT license. Only in hindsight I realized, what a mistake that was. People take your work for granted. They'll take it, they'll use it, they'll earn money with it. And not a single one will bother with giving back. So with XF2 I decided for a more radical course of kindly forcing people who earn money through this add-on to give back, so it stays free for everyone who offers his content for free. There's no recurring license, there's no expiry date, there's no copyright notice, there's no access limitation. It's a one-time investment, and you'll do good with it. If that's not worth it to anyone, I can live with that.
That said, I'll keep this add-on free as long as I have the feeling that the people that use it against the license are not gaining the upper hand. I've seen quite a few around, even more who use it rightfully though. And I appreciate all the people that leave reviews and bug reports here.