User blog comment:BrianXP7/Development Blog: PetiTouch (10-31-2013)/@comment-24024859-20131101185302/@comment-5394692-20131101194612

I guess old content must somehow adapt to modern concepts. I'll explain why. Please bare with me, as I'm on my tablet using a very sensitive touck keyboard.

So this is what I mean. I treat SmileBASIC as any professional programming language. This is because the content distribution method has changed significantly since the internet wasn't widely used at that time. (Or even existed for the reason why we use it today.) Before, it was just going over to a friend's house and exchanging programs. Now, you have a much wider audience. Most of them are total n00bs or just looking for content, with a sliver of experienced members. However, I only used the licensing systen for "unstable, in development, not ready for public use, etc." and the rest are available to everyone. I wanted feedback from experienced members, not floods of complaints or duplicate bug reports.

In summary, there really isn't anything to complain on how I applied license verification system to PetiTouch. If it's abused by other programs, then you have a clear point.

If you didn't receive a license key for whatever reason and you somehow managed to bypass it, I'd be fine with it. It's not illegal at all (the license I'm using supports it), and I personally think it clearly shows you know the mechanics of it and deserves a peek at the unstable development features. Actually, the license demo from POSP isn't even that complex...relatively.

I'm not sure if I answered your question. Feel free to ask anything else.