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Old 05-31-2012, 10:06 AM   #83
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Originally Posted by teh603 View Post
Crippleware was pretty much standard procedure in the '90s. If you want FOSS, then look for FOSS but please don't complain about a demo having features disabled.
Why not? If you don't complain then the developers don't know what they're doing wrong. (As a software developer myself, I know the importance of critical feedback to product development.) Following trends from the 90s (especially for software that started life in 2007), is not generally to be recommended. Developers do not have to open their source code to distribute non-crippleware products - I can give you links to many, many examples, indeed Scrivener is an apt example here.
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