I'm creating a shareware Cocoa app and I wanted to know what is the best way to put in a "nag screen". Basically before the main window of the app shows, I want to have a window with some text, a register button, and a "Not Yet" button (which is disabled at first). There will be a timer on the Not Yet button so the button title will chan...
Can it be open source and not free? Why open source not free software? i saw a book about this and i thought i check it out. Logo says "Open Source Business Intelligence". There are better known reporting frameworks like Jasper Reports aka " The Most Widely Used Open Source Business Intelligence" .. is it just catch phrase? http://www....
Are there any services that allow you to place advertising in Windows software? I want to give away my software for free but still need to eat! ...
Hello, I'm developing a shareware sdk-like library (using C++). The library is a simple dll provides some functions. So, my first question is what types of trials are possible for simple dll? I don't want to cut the functionality of the trial dll, so I tend to use time-trial. I roughly understand how to track usage time of the lib, so...
I'm coding a software on java and i almost finished, i would like to know how can we create a trial version which work for example for 30 days, because i will to send it to some companies so how to make it like shareware or trialware, also can we block access to the .class in the jar file? Thank you ...
I have created an shareware application using vb.net visual studio 2008 for windows desktop, and packaged it using innosetup 5.3.8. The problem is when i have installed the application in C:\Program Files\Application and it runs successfully(use trial period of the application), Im also able to install the application once again freshly ...
I wish to allow user to use my software for free but not to give the source code. Can you recommend a license? ...
I know that this question is too generic but yet, Which is the price you think a shareware buyer is most inclined to pay. I know (from my experience) that $9.95 is scary low. Even you product is a killer in its niche, people refuse to buy it at such low cost. I sell at $19.95 but I believe even more can be achieved. So far I only have...
Please don't flame me if this is a duplicate question... I already searched both Google and stackoverflow to no avail. I submitted my first desktop shareware application to http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/. I'm familiar with the iPhone review time, but have no clue as to the timeframe that it takes for desktop apps to show up on ...