[lunaticman]

Sorry, you lost me here on your game analogy. I haven't played games for a while. Or maybe our understanding of DRM term differs. I have never heard before use this term in the context of a software, more with books and music.

How does my solution differ from something that Postico and Sublime Text are doing?

My plan is to offer a fully featured application for free, but with slightly annoying pop-up that users can remove by paying a (reasonable) one-time fee. Is there a better way to go about this? I'm really curious.

[josephcsible]

So the only thing the whole licensing framework will do is get rid of the nag? That wasn't my understanding of your post at all. I thought the program wouldn't work at all if it weren't properly licensed.

[lunaticman]

Added this section: ---

Not all licensing features have been rolled out yet, so let me briefly explain the overall vision.

DevTUI will be available to everyone as a free product, with no limitations on functionality. However, it will include a nagging popup prompting users to support further development. Users can remove this nag screen by paying a (reasonable) one-time fee.

The inspiration for this payment model comes from Postico and Sublime Text — two products I personally support and admire.

Since DevTUI doesn’t incur any recurring costs, I’m okay with people using it for free. That said, I still want to encourage users to contribute financially to the project rather than relying on the usual “begging for open source funding” approach.

[lunaticman]

Interesting. I need to clarify it. Thanks for raising.