Re some of the comments in regard to post #1 and questions about license term expiry which repeatedly crop up on here:

Though a permanent something-for-nothing is great to have if it's of genuine use, GOTD has never as far as I'm aware been a platform devoted solely to providing perpetual freebies. Instead, it's a handy source of commercial software that can be sampled for much longer than the industry's traditional 30-day period.

Three types of license model are evident here: (1) lifetime license: the product will function as long as the user has it, and according to the developer's terms may be freely updated or not; (2) 12-month license: at expiration of the usage period, the software might continue to function, or then again, it might not; (3) 6-month license: ditto.

A lifetime free usage offer is obviously unbeatable. But the extended free usage represented by a 12-month licensed product is also pretty darn good. Even the 6-month deals aren't to be rejected out of hand, because in half a year even the dimmest computer user can surely decide if the software is of benefit. Or not.

What might or might not happen at the end of a free usage term has never bothered me because during that time I'll either have grown to dislike the thing so much that I uninstall it, or like it so much that I buy it. At a rough estimate, 75% of GOTD's offers are of no interest to me, and of those which initially seem to be, 90% I'll subsequently junk. The remaining 10%? Yes. I'll buy.

It has been said on here in times past, and likely will be said again, that some people cannot afford to purchase commercial software. Fair enough. That's why a thriving freeware marketplace exists, its offerings very often superior to the stuff with a price tag.

But GOTD is not a freeware resource. Instead of treating it as such and then fretting about what might happen when the licensed usage term expires, far better to download a product and use it and uninstall it if it turns out to be unneeded -- or use it and buy it.

Software authors and software publishers are no different to the authors and publishers of books in their entitlement to an income from their labors. I don't work for nothing. I don't expect anyone else to work for nothing, either.

MikeR tarafından yorumlandı  –  5 months ago  –  Bu yorumu yararlı buldunuz mu? evet | hayır (+32)

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thinking,

I think many people vote thumbs down first due to the one year limit. Not many users like the limited time. Second is the lack of information. What happens after one year? Will the program cease working? Will it place watermarks on the produced forms? No way to tell.

I don't have a need for a PDF program so I will pass. I will also not vote up or down.

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