I’m happy to pay for software, but I want more than just permission, I want long term security that my investment in the tool will last.
If IntelliJ would open source their oldest versions, I would make my boss buy me a copy of the nearest every year.
nectar@lemmy.world 5 days ago
They are “buy once” in that their licenses include perpetual fallback. Whenever you stop paying, you retain your licenses perpetually
kameecoding@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Not whenever, you need to be paying for a year and then then the latest version from a year ago is what you get the perpetual license for