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Is it ethical to give a software a expiry date?

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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    No, not unless that was a specification or legal requirement: I'd be well annoyed if anyone did that with me.

    Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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    Vitoria Oliveira
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    Good share!

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    • H HasanRaza90

      A software developer I had worked with years ago, coded a expiry date and now the system is asking for a overhaul.

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      Lost User
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      Yes; most hardware vendors are limiting their hardware's lifespan artificially. I don't see why software shouldn't. See discussion in The Lounge[^].

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      • H HasanRaza90

        A software developer I had worked with years ago, coded a expiry date and now the system is asking for a overhaul.

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        • H HasanRaza90

          A software developer I had worked with years ago, coded a expiry date and now the system is asking for a overhaul.

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          tiktokk starr
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          I have same question..

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          • M Mycroft Holmes

            It is a very blurred line between an expiry date that ask you to "overhaul" the software and a nag screen that demands that you update the system. Both may allow you to continue to work but achieve the same thing and are bloody annoying. I suspect the OP has run across an early version of an updater attempt.

            Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP

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            bahary kor
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            • M Mycroft Holmes

              It is a very blurred line between an expiry date that ask you to "overhaul" the software and a nag screen that demands that you update the system. Both may allow you to continue to work but achieve the same thing and are bloody annoying. I suspect the OP has run across an early version of an updater attempt.

              Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP

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              bahary kor
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              Therefore, it is illegal to duplicate or distribute software or its documentation without the permission of the copyright owner. If you have purchased your copy, however, you may make a back-up for your own use in case the original is destroyed or fails to work.GAMEFOWL FOR SALE | Gamefowl Eggs For Sale[^]

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              • M Mycroft Holmes

                It is a very blurred line between an expiry date that ask you to "overhaul" the software and a nag screen that demands that you update the system. Both may allow you to continue to work but achieve the same thing and are bloody annoying. I suspect the OP has run across an early version of an updater attempt.

                Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP

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                bahary kor
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                Therefore, it is illegal to duplicate or distribute software or its documentation without the permission of the copyright owner. If you have purchased your copy, however, you may make a back-up for your own use in case the original is destroyed or fails to work.

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                • M Mycroft Holmes

                  It is a very blurred line between an expiry date that ask you to "overhaul" the software and a nag screen that demands that you update the system. Both may allow you to continue to work but achieve the same thing and are bloody annoying. I suspect the OP has run across an early version of an updater attempt.

                  Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP

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                  lofty jeson
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                  It highly depends on the category of the products, there is huge range of products in market which are supposed to be dumped post hitting the expiry date.

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                  • H HasanRaza90

                    A software developer I had worked with years ago, coded a expiry date and now the system is asking for a overhaul.

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                    Deepak Vasudevan
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                    As the other user commented, legal/licensing requirement could mandate this. Additionally over the course of time a few of the components/libraries that are used by the program might have gone through deprecation. Hence the software could do a Update Check but blocking it from using is simply unacceptable unless the first clause on licensing applies.

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                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                      No, not unless that was a specification or legal requirement: I'd be well annoyed if anyone did that with me.

                      Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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