[MlMt] Length of Paid Mode for existing patrons

[Benny Kjær Nielsen]

On 24 Dec 2024, at 10:11, Billy Youdelman wrote:

> On 24 Dec 2024, at 0:50 MST, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:
>
>> For older license keys, I have these rules: MailMate will stay in 
>> “Paid Mode” until 1 July 2025 or 2 years after the original 
>> purchase date. Whatever comes last.
>
> I'm currently running MailMate version 2.0BETA (6092), 29-Sep-2017, 
> under OS 10.9.5.

My guess is that you are the only one using that release :) It's a 
confusing one of historical origin (and Intel only). A long time ago, I 
had two branches of MailMate in order to prepare for a major release 
with new features (to be able to require an upgrade fee). That was 
dropped and integrated into the 1.x releases, and I felt it was safe to 
re-use the 2.0 Beta designation for the latest update. I forgot, but I 
also intended to bump the revision number to r6100 to avoid confusion 
with old 2.0BETA releases (which used revision numbers in the r6000+ 
range). I'll do that for the next update. Everyone else should just 
ignore the above. It's relevant to at most a handful of people.

> My license key was issued on 2-Jan-2014.  I will soon be building 
> another system, on OS 10.12 or 10.13, for which the new rules will be 
> fine, but what happens to MailMate on my existing 10.9 system, which I 
> want to keep no matter what..?

The new pricing/license model does not affect any earlier releases of 
MailMate. Important old releases are always available here: 
https://updates.mailmate-app.com/archives/

It's easier to see a list of old releases for earlier versions of macOS 
here: https://freron.com/download/

> Similarly, what if I wanted to use an older build of Mailmate on the 
> new system?

You can always use older releases of MailMate with any license key for 
MailMate.

>> * The difference between “Paid Mode” and “Free Mode” is 
>> minimal. The end of paid mode does not mean the end of using 
>> MailMate.
>
> May I ask, what exactly is the difference?  I'm asking because, while 
> I want you to enjoy a long and happy life, what happens in the rare 
> event that you don't?

The difference is described here: https://freron.com/pricing

-- 
Benny
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