Fraser Speirs clears up FlickrExport licensing confusion

took me an hour or so to find the original 1.3.4 version (finally found it on a german site, linking to a free file hoster) as mr. speirs replaced the original 1.3.4 dmg with version 2.0 (but naming it 1.3.4 (!)). very uncool!

this export plugin is way overpriced, and it is sad to see open source software go closed source. it's his decision, and it's a great feature. if it would cost only 7$ i may had considered buying it. i just hope flickr buys his tool and makes it available for free.

sorry, no geek credit for mr. speirs

I've been hearing complaints about FE's switch (from donation-ware to shareware) for the last few weeks. People complaining about "being ripped off" for all the free bug-reports and whatnot they provided, or simply feeling like they have a right to all updates to a product they started using for free.

I truely feel for this fellow. He started a project, shared it with people, added features, fixed bugs that didn't affect him in his workflow, and did it all for free.

Some users did far, far less in assisting with that process. They still net benefitted, and thus owe Mr. Speirs something, rather than the other way 'round.

He looked around, noticed that this was taking a lot of time, and decided to do some more work, make it even better, and then charge for it. In exchange he has gotten quite a lot of abuse.

Some people may not find that product worth the cost. I doubt they send an email off to Sony every time they are confronted with a TV they don't intend to buy, nor one to Microsoft everytime they see an MS product they dislike (although you never know). Why flog a man who provided a free gem to the Mac community because he is now providing another at a price?

FE 1.x still works. He no longer hosts it, which is his right, but a few others do. On the other hand, who is so poor that if he enjoys use of FE 1.x, paying a pittance to Mr. Speirs isn't something he can do without being burdened. People ought to have donated if they got use out of FE 1.x. They were too stingy, so now he charges. At least have the class to keep shut if you don't plan to pay for FE 2.x.

-RS

the new verison of FlickrExport is too expensive anyways...

If its for personal use at home, I don't believe anyone should require multiple licenses. And that goes for Apple as well. But for business use, if a husband and wife are each running a business out of the home, and they are using different computers, then yes, they both should have to purchase separate licenses.

That should read, "These 'one license for two computers, but not simultaneously' licenses are stupid." Oops.

These "one license for two computers, but not simultaneously" licenses. I have two Macs at home: mine and my wife's. We very well may use the software "simultaneously," but it's unlikely.

I play fair with software licenses and buy what I use, but there is NO way that I'm buying two separate licenses for our two computers. Nor have I with any other piece of software (MS Office, Adobe Creative, etc.). Not allowing two people who live together but maintain separate work environments to share a license is asinine.

So to software authors who are bugged by this, I say: Yes, by the terms of your license, I'm pirating your software. Come and get me. Sincerely, your paying customer.