Licensing changes
Jun 07, 2018
This is a thread for
https://bvckup2.com/wip/07062018 post that lays out details of licensing changes that will ship as a part of the next release.
Any questions, thoughts or comments - post below.
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rfgamaral :
Jun 12, 2018
The last paragraph states:
"Finally, all legacy licenses (of Personal and Professional types) will continue receiving all feature releases free of charge, just as they do now."
Does this mean that if I buy the Personal/Professional license right now (before you switch to the new licensing method) I'll have access to all feature releases free of charge for all time or just the first year?
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Alex Pankratov :
Jun 12, 2018
It's the former.
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rfgamaral :
Jun 14, 2018
Thank you for the clarification, I might as well buy it now then :)
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Lorenz :
Jul 04, 2018
I bought two licences a year ago since you warned us with large lead time of the forthcoming change.
You really deserved our trust. Thanks Alex!
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ng4ever :
Dec 22, 2018
I am a little confused.
So people like me who bought Bvckup 2 before year 2018 will get feature releases free of charge forever right?
The only thing we need to pay for with a small fee is maintenance updates right?
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ng4ever :
Dec 22, 2018
Also if I upgrade to Professional right now will get maintenance updates free forever after paying for the Professional upgrade ?
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Alex Pankratov :
Dec 23, 2018
So people like me who bought Bvckup 2 before year 2018 will get feature releases free of charge forever right?
Correct.
The only thing we need to pay for with a small fee is maintenance updates right?
No, this will only apply to holders of new licenses - Basic, Pro, Server - and these aren't live yet.
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ng4ever :
Dec 26, 2018
Still a little confused sorry.
So maintenance updates will be free for previous account licenses ?
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Alex Pankratov :
Dec 26, 2018
Correct.
To be more precise - both maintenance and feature updates will be free for holders of legacy license types (Personal and Professional), just as they are now.
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josex :
Oct 03, 2019
Hi, i had old Personal license, this was going to be Pro, but i still have the option to "Upgrade to Pro" in the app so i am confused...
thanks
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Alex Pankratov :
Oct 03, 2019
Your license doesn't get converted to a new Pro. See "Status of existing licenses" in this post -
https://bvckup2.com/support/forum/topic/1206
But it also remains a subject to its original licensing terms - it can only be used for backing up personal, non-work related data on your personal, home computer. If your usage no longer conforms to these restrictions, you must stop using Personal and switch to a (new) Pro license.
Makes sense?