Individual licensing questions

Folks, I'm happy to go on discussing the licensing model in general on here as needed, for example edge cases or things that aren’t clear in the model, as it helps us to hone it. But at this point if you have individual questions about the costs for you under the new model, please email them to

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I hope this is generic enough. I have several clients who use apps I created just for them, 20 years ago or more. Frequently these are converted HyperCard stacks like address books or recipe files. The apps are personal and no one else uses them. Every 2 or 3 years they contact me because the

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That’s a superb idea. It’s very much like the one for Unreal Engine 5 I use. Theres is something more like $100,000 though. At that tip over point, it is quite a hike in costs though if you’ve been used to paying nothing and suddenly have to start paying $5000. But, hopefully by then you will ha

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From a general business point of view, the business model where someone buys an update every few years is not equitable. Customers expect you to have all the new features or new platform support ready when they arrive for their update, yet haven't paid for that to happen. Development costs conti

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Thanks Sean. It’s a big change and we are doing our best to explain it as clearly as we can. Kind regards, Kevin Kevin Miller ~ ke...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ LiveCode: Build Amazing Things On 27/07/2024, 09:07, "us

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o use LiveCode Cc: Kevin Miller Subject: Re: Individual licensing questions From a general business point of view, the business model where someone buys an update every few years is not equitable. Customers expect you to have all the new features or new platform support ready when they arri

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- From: "Kevin Miller via use-livecode" mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> Sent: 7/29/24 7:27 AM To: How to use LiveCode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> Cc: Kevin Miller mailto:ke...@livecode.com>> Subject: Re: Individual licensing question

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as an attack on Livecode, that's just my personal opinion on how software licensing works these days. From: "Kevin Miller via use-livecode" Sent: 7/29/24 9:36 AM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: Kevin Miller Subject: Re: Individual licensing q

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ing works these days. From: "Kevin Miller via use-livecode" Sent: 7/29/24 9:36 AM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: Kevin Miller Subject: Re: Individual licensing questions I'm not sure I quite follow. I'm commenting on the SaaS model in the industry vs the histor

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. >> >> But don't take that as an attack on Livecode, that's just my personal >> opinion on how software licensing works these days. >> >> -------- >> >> From: "Kevin Miller via use-livecode" >> Sent: 7/29/24 9:36 AM >&

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Hmm, wouldn’t this count in the other tier as you sell your app, thus you should pay 5% of $75? $3.75 :-Håkan > 26 juli 2024 kl. 19:08 skrev J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > : > > I hope this is generic enough. > > I have several clients who use apps I created just for them, 20 years ago or

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I don't think so. These apps are bespoke apps (a lovely word not seen often in the US.) This from the FAQ: "I create apps for other companies and sell services to those companies as a consultancy service to create them" "You need one license for each developer of the app. The company you devel