JetBrains Reconsiders Subscription Licensing Changes

craigtp writes: On 3rd September, JetBrains, maker of IDEs and other productivity software, announced big changes to the way they sell and license their software. The changes were not well received by certain members of their user base. Within a few days, JetBrains announced that they were listening to the user feedback and that they would reconsider their changes. Today, they've finally announced their revised licensing changes, and while the subscription model remains, some important concessions have been made. Once a user pays for a year's subscription, they'll receive a perpetual fallback license, so they can keep using the software even if the subscription lapses later. They're also providing an option for offline license keys, so the software can run without needing to phone home.

Comments

How it's supposed to work

[theArtificial]

While I'm not thrilled about the license changes this is great news and how things are supposed to work. That said, Jetbrains makes excellent tools and I recommend them to all of my colleagues.

Sounds like good changes to me

[Phoenix Rising]

Now if only Adobe would figure this out, I'd pay them for a CC subscription. As it is, I refuse to trust my business to Adobe's online model - I want a piece of software that works after I stop paying, not hundreds of useless files that are the life of my business.