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but you haven't already got anything... you don't own that EXE on your hard drive, that code remains the property of the developer (unless the license agreement explicitly states otherwise I guess). What you get is a license to use that software, and if they want to change that license so that it means you have to pay to continue to use their software then that is up to them. If they said they wanted everyone that had been using the free version to pay for the years that they have already been using it then yes that would be unreasonable and unfair, but saying you have to pay to continue to use it is fair enough because you have the choice to either pay and carry on using it or not pay and not carry on using it. If they're happy using v6 for the moment, why should they be forced to pay for v7? (NB: "[Red Gate] would not get many sales" is not an acceptable reason!) lol its not an acceptable reason to those people no, because they would much rather carry on getting something for free... but from Redgate's point of view, why should they keep getting it for free? "because they are happy with it" is not an acceptable reason to a business that is there to make money. Don't get me wrong I would much rather it remained free, but I don't see why everyone is crying about it, its only $35 anyway! If you want to see unfair software charges, try installing a service pack for the finance package we use... we get the option to install it ourselves for free or pay for a consultant to come and install it. We opted to do it ourselves and followed the installation guide to the letter but it would not work, so we spoke to their support and they said we would have to pay several thousand pounds for a consultant to come and install it... which we did (not my choice) and the guy came and installed it in a completely different way to what was detailed in the guide. That is a software company taking the p*ss... Redgate asking for $35 to continue using their previously free product is not. / comments

but you haven't already got anything... you don't own that EXE on your hard drive, that code remains the property of the developer (unless the license agreement explicitly states otherwise I guess)...

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I do understand why people have a problem with it, but I just think when you actually stop and think about it its not really unreasonable. Its perfectly normal for a business to charge money for something... even if it was once free. Oh and yeah of course they want the users of the old version to have to pay as well, otherwise they would not get many sales because people would just find the old free version. I'm sure you see this as them being greedy, but I think them being greedy would be if they were charging a lot for it, but its a measly $35. If you don't think it is worth that then don't buy it... but judging by how upset you are that it will no longer be free then you do think it is a very useful tool, so spend the $35 on it. / comments

I do understand why people have a problem with it, but I just think when you actually stop and think about it its not really unreasonable. Its perfectly normal for a business to charge money for so...

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You guys need to grow the hell up and realise they are a business and businesses are there to make money. Face it we have all been spoilt getting such a good product for free for years and it was inevitable that this would happen at some point. Presumably you are all developers as well or you wouldn't be using such a product, so I don't understand why you find it so hard to understand - would you think it was fair if people expected you to spend your time developing all of your software for free? Sure some people do that and there is plenty of amazing software that is completely free but that is a luxury and something that we should be grateful for, not something we should just expect. Why don't you go and send a message to every software company out there that charges stupid amounts of money for all of their applications from the word go, instead of hurling abuse at one that has provided a useful free application for a couple of years and now wants a very small amount of money for it. I originally started out thinking I would give all my software away for free but soon realised the huge amount of time and effort (and money) involved meant it was just not realistic, so whilst I do have free versions of my apps I do charge a small amount for most of the new ones I produce now, so I can totally understand them doing this. / comments

You guys need to grow the hell up and realise they are a business and businesses are there to make money. Face it we have all been spoilt getting such a good product for free for years and it was i...

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