I'm confused about what the new license system means for me

DirectAdmin Sales said:
Officially we are not guaranteeing any specific future development on legacy licenses (which is why the warning exists), so @Richard G is correct to say don't assume anything past what is functional now (CentOS 9, Debian 12 / Ubuntu 22).

@zEitEr is correct that going with a CentOS fork like AlmaLinux takes you to 2032 -- a little more than 7 years away.

Even if it ends there, that means these legacy products would have had an approximate 30-year run -- something virtually unheard of in the software world. We understand any disappointment, but we ask you to remember: no one else would have delivered this much value -- no one.

What our customers received goes far beyond what is typical for software, and we're proud of that.
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This is illegal. You received thousands of dollars for a lifetime license, and now you regret it and are trying to force users to switch back to a monthly subscription in various ways.
 
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phpempire said:
This is illegal. You paid thousands of dollars for a lifetime license, now you regret it and are forcing the user to switch back to a monthly license in various ways.
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Nope not illegal, the lifetime is always for a products life, you can keep using it, but it shall not get any updates.
e.g. if you bought Office 2003, you can still use it, just no updates....
It's not like Microsoft says "Oh you bought it in 2003, here is Office365 'free of use' for you"
 
Please don't give me irrelevant examples, Office 2003 has nothing to do with DirectAdmin.
In your example, we actually purchased Office itself, not just the 2003 version.
When we bought the license it was supposed to be lifetime with support.
 
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phpempire said:
Please don't give me irrelevant examples, Office has nothing to do with DirectAdmin.
When we bought the license it was supposed to be lifetime with support.
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Save your nerves. You`re running against a wall. There were already endless discussions about this here in the forum. Just my 2 cents. It wont change.
 
phpempire said:
Nothing is going to change, but if you persist in your mistake, you should expect new restrictions.
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I fully understand you. I was pissed too, as i just bought 2 lifetime licenses shortly before they changed all. You can easely find the threads (and answers..) here in the forum. Take a ride and read them .. but think at your nerves..
 
phpempire said:
In your example, we actually purchased Office itself, not just the 2003 version.
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Compare with Windows XP then or other software out there. The lifetime licenses are declared legacy. As you know in software world, it's quite comon to declare lifetime software end of life too (there are examples out there). So be glad it's just legacy, they can still be used and -even- are still updated, which would not be the case when declared EOL.

You can keep using the licenses, only updates are gone and as @johannes already said, there are several threads about and at least 2 with long discussions about it, check and read those, it's no use starting a new one.

And new restrictions? Yes, we don't get new MariaDB and no new Mysql and no new OS support. But we still get updates on the current system, still better than an EOL declaration. And it's legal what they are doing.
If you think not, you have to take it up yourself otherwise, but that would only cost you loads of money, and you loose anyway.

I understand your frustration, but read the other threads first, all is said and done already before.
 
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