Announcing MinimServer 2

[tarnkappe]

Hello Simon,

I would like to share my thoughts about the new minimserver 2 license model... Most people find it quite ok as I have read here. Maybe the others are not interested or do not dare to comment?

First I want to say thank you for the great software and great support. I completely understand that you have introduced licensing for getting more financial support for this. I already donated twice (the first time for implementing ogg/vorbis support years ago) though I can't remember how much it was. But I believe that many people do not donate for software.

I also think, it is a good thing to not only earn money once for endless support and development. So kind of a subscription model is fine. I like the model to pay for 12 month, being able to continue the software after this period as long as you do not need further updates.

But: When using minimstreamer things get quite expensive if I compare the price of asset upnp. And compared to the previous donation model. If minimstreamer would be integrated in the full license and would be handled the same, it would be completely ok. So paying for it again if you need updates, but continue using the same version if you do not.

I certainly will license the synology version with minimstreamer, but it feels a bit... well... yes... expensive.

Greetings
Gert