Please keep fdm free

Selbstredend · **Posted:** Tue Jul 13, 2004 3:07 pm

Hi!
First let me say that fdm is a real great download manager for every "problem" I have with filetransfer.

I hope that fdm will be for 0$ in future.
The dlm thing sucks *realy*!
You jump from one to the next only because the authors say "O.K. up to this point and now I let them pay."

Thats not fair!
I mean I can understand that the authors wonna earn cash and so on but whats with the users?
They submit bug reports/improvments/translations is that nothing?
They say "Thank you!!!", "Great tool" (which is often seen on dlm pages) ,yes because it's a great tool but even because its free.
If authors wanna get paid they can but then they have to publish their software for cash from the begin.

I think it's not o.k. to title a programm free download manager and to inlcude registration texts in the language files :roll:

Please please please keep fdm for free! I would understand if you doesn't want to publish the source but please keep it free :wink:

If fdm is getting shareware I'll get despaired

It's not my intention to suspect/abuse/hurt anyone in particular he author

Darren · **Posted:** Tue Jul 13, 2004 5:14 pm

Comment from administration: please, check message by Victor

The registration dialogue has already been coded into the application.
This looks like one of those "Bait and Switch" programs. We are being used as beta testers. I guess I'll reinstall FlashGet or Mass Downloader. I don't play those games. But...I could later use SoftIce & WinHex to crack it.
:lol:

/the image was removed/

deine_muddi · **Posted:** Tue Jul 13, 2004 5:32 pm

Thank you, Darren. ByeBye, FDM *uninstall*

Off we go. :-)

Phil

Zero3K · **Posted:** Tue Jul 13, 2004 5:41 pm

Well, I set my date on the computer 30 days from the day I installed it and the dialog box that Darren posted a screenshot of didn't pop-up. So, I think that it used to be shareware but it now is freeware.

deine_muddi · **Posted:** Tue Jul 13, 2004 6:06 pm

No, Zero3K: I suppose Darren has used a (umm, let's call it) "developer's tool" to view the (not yet revealed) internals of FDM. The Shareware-code seems to be already built into FDM but wasn't activated yet. The program surely wasn't shareware in previous versions, because v 0.9 seems to be the first public release. anyways, interesting theory, zero3k

bye,
phil

Victor - FDM director · **Joined:** Tue Jul 13, 2004 5:55 pm **Posts:** 3

Zero3K wrote:

Well, I set my date on the computer 30 days from the day I installed it and the dialog box that Darren posted a screenshot of didn't pop-up. So, I think that it used to be shareware but it now is freeware.

You are almost right. FDM is an absolutely free project and it will remain free (hey, it's very hard to imagine shareware application called "Free Download Manager" <g>). But starting developing this project we basically wanted to make it shareware (under different name certainly - we even had some versions online). But now it is free and this dialogs and text in .lng files are rudiments only.

Actually we didn't think that users will get into program files so deep as Darren.

Now I see what it leads to and we will remove the dialog in next release.

Selbstredend · **Posted:** Tue Jul 13, 2004 6:44 pm

*uuuuuuhhhhhhhh* finaly at home :lol:

thanks!

Eddie · **Posted:** Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:33 pm

That's pretty good news there...

Darren · **Posted:** Wed Jul 14, 2004 1:53 am

That sounds great, Victor. I figured we better get this out in the open and over with. I knew the dialogs weren't activated, but I wanted to find out if they were going to stay that way. I don't mind paying for a quality application from an authors hard work, but I don't like to be mislead into thinking something's free when it's not.

Victor - FDM director wrote:

Zero3K wrote:

Well, I set my date on the computer 30 days from the day I installed it and the dialog box that Darren posted a screenshot of didn't pop-up. So, I think that it used to be shareware but it now is freeware.

You are almost right. FDM is an absolutely free project and it will remain free (hey, it's very hard to imagine shareware application called "Free Download Manager" <g>). But starting developing this project we basically wanted to make it shareware (under different name certainly - we even had some versions online). But now it is free and this dialogs and text in .lng files are rudiments only.

Actually we didn't think that users will get into program files so deep as Darren.

Now I see what it leads to and we will remove the dialog in next release.

Blackcrack · **Posted:** Wed Jul 14, 2004 2:27 am

letz reinstall FDM

greetings
Blacky

Blackcrack · **Posted:** Wed Jul 14, 2004 2:31 am

Selbstredend wrote:

*uuuuuuhhhhhhhh* finaly at home :lol:

thanks!

heh, alder, registrier dich ma *g* Iss doch selbst redent

Heh, older register you do *g* it is it is self spelling

greetings
Blacky

Selbstredend · **Joined:** Wed Jul 14, 2004 4:13 pm **Posts:** 2

Now "Selbstredend" is member Alder

Darren · **Posted:** Thu Aug 12, 2004 9:22 pm

The registration dialog has been removed from the v1.0 release of FDM.
The Browser User-Agent String problem has also been fixed. Thanks guys...I'll test it some more now.

Victor - FDM director wrote:

Zero3K wrote:

Well, I set my date on the computer 30 days from the day I installed it and the dialog box that Darren posted a screenshot of didn't pop-up. So, I think that it used to be shareware but it now is freeware.

You are almost right. FDM is an absolutely free project and it will remain free (hey, it's very hard to imagine shareware application called "Free Download Manager" <g>). But starting developing this project we basically wanted to make it shareware (under different name certainly - we even had some versions online). But now it is free and this dialogs and text in .lng files are rudiments only.

Actually we didn't think that users will get into program files so deep as Darren.

Now I see what it leads to and we will remove the dialog in next release.

Guest · **Posted:** Sun Aug 15, 2004 3:50 pm

well
here's some suggestion for the admin / moderator team...
it's hard to imagine a full-time programmer sit infront of computer..
& no income??

my suggestion for now -keep free-
even when you want to release keep it like this
Commercial user - Shareware
Home user - Donateware

as u know, some donateware hide features from commercial user, but i hardly un-recommend this, because even though it's commercial there's alwayz a cracker to do the job..
so i would rather prefer to donate money to programmer to continue their development then test an uncomplete software

Gaiseric · **Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2004 7:41 pm

I say, make a good program great! Make it OpenSource!

Please keep fdm free

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