This 'debate' seems to be like two people listening to a song that
they both think has different words and both telling each other "See.
I told you that's what it said!" every time they hear them. The nag
screen annoys Evan. It doesn't annoy some other people. And some of
us just plain couldn't care about it as we'll never use BBEdit on
more than one machine anyway.
For what its worth - I agree with Evan. Its very annoying when your
legitimate use of something is disallowed because measures have to
be taken to stop illegitimate users abusing their license. If I have
paid for something and am using it in the spirit of the license I
paid for (if not the letter) it seems a shame that I am penalised for
this.
For what its worth - I don't agree with Evan. I think that all things
considered Bare Bones license is damn generous and takes into account
the real-world needs of the vast majority of its users. Beyond some
point of generosity there *would* be a loss to the company in sales
as people would abuse the liberty of a multi-seat license - as has
been seen by posts here, and as I know from experience of working in
a large team with a miserly boss.
To take a liberty with a comparison - I don't like having my bags
searched everywhere I go in London these days, but its an
inconvenience I am prepared to put up with for the security it
(arguably) gives. Software piracy exists and companies like Bare
Bones will ultimately suffer is they don't take precautions against
it. No solution will suit everyone and we should all admit that we
would be aggrieved if the chosen solution affected our individual way
of working. How we would react to this is a different matter :-)
Nigel
On 17 May 2006, at 15:15, John Kershaw wrote:
Dear Bare Bones,
This thread has 105 messages about a subject that affects one user.
Please please kill it.
John.
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