Time-Stamping Demo programs #2

[Bob Sneidar]

My approach to buying shareware is if I try something and it helps me do something I need to do, I go buy it, even if I do not need to do that thing again. It's a matter of integrity to me. I think there are a lot of people like that, but I know there are also a lot of other people who think if they can get away with not paying anyone anytime for anything they have done, they will try to do that. I have lost a lot of respect for people I once thought of as friends over this. 

So I guess my point is, you will never change a person. All you can do is try to target the ones who have integrity, and consider the rest to be a waste of atmosphere. :-)

Bob


On Apr 25, 2012, at 7:04 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:

> Jacque-
> 
> Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 9:11:08 AM, you wrote:
> 
>> I think so too. Or even just make the program slightly annoying during
>> launch. Graphic Converter does that and its author has been supporting
>> himself for years with it, it's hugely popular. It isn't limited in any
>> way. He just inserts a 10 second wait after every launch before the 
>> program becomes useable. Like most people, I used the free version for a
>> couple of years until the ten seconds got so annoying I paid up. I've
>> been paying for updates ever since.
> 
> I go the annoying route as well. I don't want to release crippled
> versions of software because you can't get a good sense of what a
> program does if it doesn't do it properly. I hate it when people do
> that. I also don't want to bother with time-limited releases, because
> they're not foolproof and I'd waste more time coming up with some
> complex scheme for it and some idiot would come along and break it in
> thirty seconds.
> 
> So I have a randomizer routine that comes into play every <random>
> launches, disables the program until the next launch, and presents a
> nag screen urging the user to purchase a license and stop the
> annoyance. The randomizer function is in a protected substack that
> also contains key functions without which the program won't work. That
> prevents getting around the randomizer function by stepping past the
> code or removing the substack.
> 
> -- 
> -Mark Wieder
> mwieder at ahsoftware.net
> 
> 
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