License fees.

[GenJeFT]

Is there a way to drop the license fees for software you make? I have completely cornered the operating system market but nobody makes anything for my operating system because its 15k to get a license to do so. That is WAY to high, expecially considering that you dont need to pay for a special license to make a program for Windows. I want the license to be free so my operating system customers actually have software to use.

[Coredumping]

Currently this is tied up to price, so the only way to change the license cost is by setting the price to 0, making it open source. I have plans to overhaul the licensing mechanics in the future.

[GenJeFT]

Originally posted by Coredumping:

Currently this is tied up to price, so the only way to change the license cost is by setting the price to 0, making it open source. I have plans to overhaul the licensing mechanics in the future.

What price are they tied to. I charge 250 for all my operating system and the license fee keeps getting higher. It seems more like the license fee is determined by the number of features (which determins the price the game autopopulates).

This has become a bit problematic as my operating system has 6.7 million users while the operating system for the nearest competitor has 160,000... My operating system has been out for almost 2 years now and so far only one other company other then my company has made any software for it. I am worried about all the other companies going into bankrupcy.

I guess I won then.

[deaddrunk]

Has this changed or been overhauled yet?

[Ferret]

From their Trello board:

"Instead of paying an upfront fee for a lifetime license when using software as needs for your product, you'll pay a monthly flat-rate license fee as long as a software need is required during development.

Operating systems no longer requires licenses, but add to development time."