I felt it was a bit disingenuous to push the blame on the burden of supporting old licences because it doesn't really feel like there's any extra work for earlier adopters and supporters over and above the on-going development anyway, and I'd have likely quite happily made a informed decision to stick with the last known good version I had licenced if I'd realised (outdated security bugs and features firmly in mind too). I wasn't particularly impressed with how this whole thing was handled or communicated. The part that bugged me the most was that even if I downgraded to the last version that my registered copy worked on my registration was no longer valid - so it wasn't just that I was not getting updates, but that my access had been terminated. I had a similar experience recently when I fired it up after a hiatus. Here it is with removed comments restored.

Man that's messed up when people revoke 'lifetime' things. However, please be aware that it will take time for me to reply. If you cannot afford to register again, or would rather not, that's okay, just email me. If you register again, you will receive an updated registration automatically. Your continued support for mIRC would be really appreciated. If your registration is over ten years old, if you can, please consider registering again. This has become gradually more difficult and has reached the point where, sadly, it is just no longer possible. The lifetime license means that I am still supporting and providing updates to every user that has ever registered. However, I did not expect that I would still be working on mIRC twenty-five years later. Question: I have an old registration that is not working, can you help?Īnswer: When I originally offered a lifetime license in 1995, it seemed like a kind and fair thing to do.

I don't really have a lot of use for mIRC, but I liked the idea that I could with the registration I paid for.

These days I use HexChat, Textual, Igloo, etc. Reddit is picking up and linking the colon. You should space the colon or make your link a markdown link.

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