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When I bought an annual license last year, my understanding was as per what Xamarin states in their FAQ page (http://xamarin.com/faq):
Your Xamarin license acquired with an annual subscription is perpetual. If you choose not to renew your annual subscription, you will no longer have access to new releases or support, and we will be very sad.
My subscription expired a couple of months ago. When I now try to launch Xamarin Studio and try to launch their EmployeeDirectory sample app, I get the error msg that I have to renew in order to continue using the software.
It's understandable that I should not expect future software updates or support, but to not be able to use the software that I've already paid for seems just plain wrong...
Is there anything I can do about this ?
At this point in time, just install the free version of Xamarin. https://www.xamarin.com/platform
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I've been and Indie developer for 10 months now, but today I can't login to Appcelerator Studio anymore.
When I look at the Appcelerator Dashboard, it says I'm inactive and my plan is set to Free Trial and it says it's expired. However in my payment history it says I've paid for all months (including the current month february)
The 'support' doesn't help much, they just say they've passed the issue to the billing people...
Anyone else have this problem?
Thanks,
Joost Anbeek (joost#distridata.nl)
After seeing you post here I checked my plan and saw it's being set to free trial as well. I just wrote support via that chat option on https://developer.appcelerator.com/ you get if you're logged in.
They just fixed it, without any hesitation. Just be patient.
Greeting Dom
Currently I am working on a Xamarin project which is basically a college news app (just like newspaper apps like "Times Of India" etc). I have used Microsoft Azure for updating news blogs.
My question is when my Xamarin subscription expires, will my app continue to work or not?
Actually, if you buy any of the annual licenses, you are free to continue to recompile and develop. It is only the monthly indie licenses that prevent development if you do not renew. In either case your built app will not be affected
The app itself will continue to work but you will not be able to recompile if you dont reactivate the Business licence
I published 8 of my apps earlier in the year with a one-time payment option, without any issues. I have also seen sales come through on the merchant account. Today, when I tried to publish the ninth app, I get the error -
Up-front payments aren’t supported for ARC apps at this time, but you
can still publish your app as free and add consumable products for
in-app purchase. We’re working hard to enable support for paid ARC
apps, so be sure to check back soon!
Why does it no longer work? Any guesses? I'm trying to get them published soon so they are available for schools to purchase.
I am thinking of chaqnging one my app from free to paid to further support the development. If do this change and enabled a trial, what wil hapen with existing users after they update the app from marketplace? Will they have the full paid version or will they be in trial? It does not seem fair if they wil get stuck in trial.
Anyone who installs your app while it is free has basically purchased your app for free. So if you update the price, it won't affect those users because they've already "purchased" the app. They'll receive any further updates to the full version of your app.
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Will my Windows license key still work after the subscription is closed?
It's not a volume license.
You still have access to the product keys of products that were released while your MSDN subscription was active.
Our company had an MSDN Operating Systems edition. When that subscripion ended we purchased MSDN Universal (or Premium or whatever they call it this week). When we logged on to MSDN we could select either the Operating System account (which had expired) or the Universal account. We could still download from the OS account, but only those products released during the subscription period. You are still bound by the licence, so you wtill have caps on how many installs you have etc, but the products are still active.
Most MSDN subscriptions are a perpetual license. When the subscritions expire, you still have the legal right to use everything that was included in it. However, this might not be the case for some volume license subscriptions, so you'll want to check out your specific subscrition to be sure. I've had expired volume license subscriptions in the past that have locked me out of viewing the keys - so you'd want to make sure you download all the keys before the expiration date.
Quote from MSDN FAQ - "In most cases, MSDN Subscriptions come with “perpetual” use rights—the ability to continue using the software after the subscription has expired."
See here for more info... http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/cc150618.aspx
The answer is that it depends on the channel through which you purchased your MSDN subscription. Most channels do not allow you to continue using the software after expiration of MSDN:
Perpetual Use Rights
Visual Studio subscriptions purchased through certain channels provide perpetual use rights that allow subscribers to continue using certain software products obtained through an active subscription after the subscription has expired. However, subscribers are not entitled to updates for that software after the subscription has expired, nor do they continue to have access to software or product keys through Subscriber Downloads or to other subscription services that are a benefit of having an active subscription. Product keys that were acquired while the subscription was active can continue being used until all activations for those keys have been exhausted. If a Visual Studio subscription is transferred or sold, any perpetual use rights are transferred to the new party and the seller can no longer use the software.
Generally, Visual Studio subscriptions that do not provide perpetual use rights include:
Visual Studio cloud subscriptions
Visual Studio subscriptions purchased through Enterprise Agreement Subscription, Open Value Subscription, Campus Agreement, or other “subscription” Volume Licensing programs
Visual Studio subscriptions offered through the Microsoft Partner Network to competency partners and to Microsoft Action Pack partners.
In the above cases, subscribers can no longer use any software provided through the Visual Studio subscription after it expires.
Source: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=13350