$80 bucks a year would seem pretty reasonable to me.
Leased licenses could attract few folks.
figure out a good formula and it might be a good idea
Good. I couldn't imagine having to manage enforcing the take-down of instances on forums whose leased license has expired and not been renewed (even if this is handled by a third party, the company (i.e. XF) would still suffer financial losses).Iirc, it was thought of and rejected, at least for now.
Nick that's why I mentioned hosting included with this option ... easy to shut forum down when lease expires on non-renewal.
Enforcing is very straight forward. A simple email to the hosting company. that's all it takesGood. I couldn't imagine having to manage enforcing the take-down of instances on forums whose leased license has expired and not been renewed (even if this is handled by a third party, the company (i.e. XF) would still suffer financial losses).
The goal is to encourage continued renewal to support continued development.
- Leased license -> Run for a year -> Expire -> Don't renew -> Dead-end / no development support
- Owned license -> Run for a year -> Expire -> Don't renew -> Site becomes out-dated / new features released later -> Renew -> Development supported
Nick that's why I mentioned hosting included with this option ... easy to shut forum down when lease expires on non-renewal.
Not all want a hosted option, Although that could be a nice option easily implemented with a simple contract with a reputable hosting company, that will take care of everything.
IPB leads the market in this feature ... rates as low as 5 or 10 bucks a month.
I really can not see them taking on the headache of offering hosting. They're the best forum software developers. Anything else, IMO, would be out of their league, and a waste of their talents.Nick that's why I mentioned hosting included with this option ... easy to shut forum down when lease expires on non-renewal.
Nick that's why I mentioned hosting included with this option ... easy to shut forum down when lease expires on non-renewal.
I really can not see them taking on the headache of offering hosting. They're the best forum software developers. Anything else, IMO, would be out of their league, and a waste of their talents.
all you hear is complaints about the hosting, or people not being able to modify the files to their needs.
Lots of headache with probably little return at this stage.
How so?Enforcing is very straight forward. A simple email to the hosting company. that's all it takes
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