Existing users, 
Could someone please explain to me why it is that developers just don't seem to comprehend what the word "freeware" means?
Webster.com says it is "software that is available for use at no cost or for a nominal usually voluntary fee."
The Jargon File simply calls it "free software."
Free, as in no charge. Not now, not after an evaluation period, not after a certain number of uses, not ever. This outfit can't even decide on how they want to do that: part of the EULA says 14 days, elsewhere it says three uses.
Software (coincidentally, this software) which turns out to cost $95 if you want to use it more than three times IS NOT FREEWARE! $95 is hardly nominal, and, according to the EULA, certainly isn't voluntary.
Personally, I think it's time that VersionTracker take issue with developers who post false descriptions of their software. Put up a warning banner for every piece of software they list until they get the hint.
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What is your definition of "freeware"? - mike_daley
You're wasting your breath. I first brought this to their attention three years ago. They lied to me then and they'll lie to you now. The good people at VersionTracker.Com simply prefer to willingly participate in the fleecing of thousands of people. That sounds ugly, but unfortunately this is the only explanation that adds-up. They KNOW that more than half of the software classified as "freeware" on their sight is actually anything but freeware by any definition. After all this time and all these people writing them about it, how could they possibly NOT know? The simple answer is that if they are not actually a direct part of the dishonesty, the're at least condoning it. It's a classic bait-and-switch scam. Less-than-admirable people have been doing it for hundreds of years. VersionTracker has great potential. I sure wish they would be honest and forthcoming.Reply to This
Monday, March 19 2007 @ 12:00 PM PDT