LC Built Apps held Hostage, Runtime execution rent - looked at FAQ

[Jim At Consensus]

I don’t really care about licensing for my personal use. I find the the possibility that Apps I distribute for free through the App Store will brick themselves to be totally unacceptable. I can easily see a time when I will decide I don’t want to spend the funds each year (since I’m retired). I will likely decide never update my current apps since I’d likely use the most recent update to do the update and that would cripple them. 

I completely understand the rationale for the licensing agreement and think it’s clever but one should be able to create apps that will work in perpetuity. I might consider an added fee per app to retain the apps functionality but not having a solution is not going to work. 

Jim


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> On Dec 29, 2025, at 9:17 PM, Riko Abadi via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> The only way to mess with the license check is by doing reverse
> engineering. I saw that LiveCode code is only interpreted, not compiled,
> and is easy to manipulate. I tried to bypass the license of a standalone
> built with LiveCode Create, and succeeded. There is no “phone call home”
> for license verification. Even software at the level of Adobe can always be
> bypassed. There are still many other programming languages—this is the time
> for you to rewrite your program away from LiveCode.
> 
>> On Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> It reads that way, but this is something LC needs to address. They'll be
>> back January 3rd or 4th. Maybe they will consider grandfathering us in, if
>> what we are discussing is true.
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>>> On December 29, 2025 4:32:14 PM Craig Newman via use-livecode
>>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have exactly one question. It has nothing to do with how much anything
>> costs.
>>> 
>>> — If one has a valid subscription and builds an app, do I understand
>> that
>>> any sales of that app will only continue to run if the developer
>> maintains
>>> the subscription? In other words, if the developer dies and the
>>> subscription is terminated by his executor, do the apps stop working?
>> 
>> 
>> 
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