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thm_w:
Posted in the Altium thread: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/altium/sued-by-altium-dont-do-what-i-did!/msg4474834/#msg4474834

They were kind enough to drop the requirement of $30k+ version of the software to a lower version, at least..

Warhawk:

--- Quote from: thm_w on October 25, 2022, 08:55:20 pm ---Posted in the Altium thread: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/altium/sued-by-altium-dont-do-what-i-did!/msg4474834/#msg4474834

They were kind enough to drop the requirement of $30k+ version of the software to a lower version, at least..

--- End quote ---

Auch... I had an exchange with Siemens on YT. At least they thanked me for the sentiment :).

Just_another_Dave:
Luckily I still have the installer of an older version. I just hope that they won’t force us to update to the newest version

However, it seems that Freecad will finally reach version 1.0 and Salome is quite mature (I have used Shaper successfully for designing parts, but it lacks a module for generating 2d drawings of the piece making a 2d cad like QCAD necessary). I haven’t tried solvespace yet, but it seems good enough for simple designs

Doctorandus_P:
Why would I invest time and effort to learn a relatively complex piece of software while it's future remains in mist?

I've seen this happen time and again in the last 30 years or so, and one of the latest iterations was with fusion360. They "give" the program away "free" and abuse their user base as beta testers, lot's of people jump into it and a few years later when cam functions start working decently they do not have use of their beta testers anymore and they cut out all the functions that made it attractive in the first place, and add some other crippling features such as limiting exports to other formats, and cloud / mist only.

I've decided years ago I will not be abused as a beta tester, and instead have embraced Open Source in my arms and heart. Sure, I may be a beta tester there too, but the difference is that after I have helped improve the software, I can use it for many years to come.

My first en devour with GPL Open Source software was GCC, which I've now been using for probably some 25 years and counting. I started using it for the AVR uC's, and in that time the alternatives such as Keil and CodeVision were simply unaffordable for hobbyists. And over time it grew into an attitude that I'd rather donate to an open source project to improve it, than pay for commercial software, and still be annoyed with registration procedures, dongles and "subscription only" which seems to be the latest trend.

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