Hey again.
Second message today, but not feature related though this time. Instead, I wanted to ask whether the License buying option from: http://shop.macromates.com/ is still up to date / whether the money ends up at the right place?
Apologies if that sounds like a dumb question, but I felt I had to check since the website can appear a bit *tumbleweed* in parts, so before making a transfer I wanted to know for sure.
P.S. No nagging screen ever on my so far unlicensed (private) copy. I only thought of registering now because I've been using TM a lot lately (and keep bugging you people in here), and started feeling bad for not contributing anything. While the "zero naggin" is kind of classy I must say, may I ask what's the idea behind not reminding the user at all to register?
As I understand it TextMate 2 is free (for the time being).
https://macromates.com/license_policy
That said, I’d love to hear the answer to this question as I paid for a 1.5 license after switching to 2 in good faith that the money would support further development. I’d like to know that the money useful (and that the coffers aren’t running dry).
Thanks,
Graham Heath
On October 8, 2016 at 11:54:31 AM, Bert (zanglebert@gmail.com) wrote:
Hey again.
Second message today, but not feature related though this time. Instead, I wanted to ask whether the License buying option from: http://shop.macromates.com/ is still up to date / whether the money ends up at the right place?
Apologies if that sounds like a dumb question, but I felt I had to check since the website can appear a bit *tumbleweed* in parts, so before making a transfer I wanted to know for sure.
P.S. No nagging screen ever on my so far unlicensed (private) copy. I only thought of registering now because I've been using TM a lot lately (and keep bugging you people in here), and started feeling bad for not contributing anything. While the "zero naggin" is kind of classy I must say, may I ask what's the idea behind not reminding the user at all to register?
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That said, I’d love to hear the answer to this question as I paid for a 1.5 license after switching to 2 in good faith that the money would support further development. I’d like to know that the money useful (and that the coffers aren’t running dry).
I just checked when I actually bought a TM license. Was surprised to see I paid 50 EUR for it way back in 2009. TM1 didn't work too well for me, but even so, TM2 easily paid for itself in the first week I started using it.
Maybe I'll buy another license this week. A single sale of 50 EUR, 7 years ago, doesn't really support the amount of effort Allan puts into developing and supporting TM2
Maybe there should be a way to register the product, and also a gentle reminder that it can be licensed (even if it was just once every few months or something)?
It would serve as a reminder for the people who do want to support it, but perhaps like me, have kinda forgotten how long ago I actually spent anything
Graham P Heath wrote
As I understand it TextMate 2 is free (for the time being).
(From the above link) I thought the following:
Version 2.0 of TextMate is being developed as open source. This doesn’t change that TextMate is a commercial product, and while current prebuilt binaries work without a license key, they may need one in the future.
...basically means "TM2 isn't free/non commercial, but for now, it sort of acts like it is. Enjoy while it lasts" :)
But like you said: even if TM doesn't force you to pay, if a license supports the dev(s), I'd be happy to buy one.
Coming back to my question in OP: I just wanted to check first if the license buying page is up to date and the money goes to the right place.
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On 9 Oct 2016, at 1:59, Carpii UK wrote:
Maybe there should be a way to register the product, and also a gentle reminder that it can be licensed (even if it was just once every few months or something)?
My current thinking is to add something to the UI that shows that it’s unregistered (e.g. in the title bar), just haven’t gotten around to it…
On 9 Oct 2016, at 11:01, Bert wrote:
Coming back to my question in OP: I just wanted to check first if the license buying page is up to date and the money goes to the right place.
Buying a license will still benefit me, so it is very much appreciated :)
Unfortunately I do not have a system to reward the other contributors, as you can probably imagine, coming up with a “fair” system for this can be quite a challenge.
Done. First time I ever paid for a program that didn't force me... I guess people like me are why we can't have more nice things hehe
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On 10 October 2016 at 18:12, Bert Zangle zanglebert@gmail.com wrote:
Done. First time I ever paid for a program that didn't force me... I guess people like me are why we can't have more nice things hehe
Me too :-)
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