mIRC 7.69 released reddit / irc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- XenGi · 2022-07-18 16:58 mIRC is still a thing? Whoa that hits retro vibes for me. :D ---------------------------------------------------------------------- phendrome · 2022-07-18 21:11 Throw on NoNameScript and we're back in the early 00's ---------------------------------------------------------------------- zerosouls · 2022-07-18 21:20 I actually purchased mIRC recently.. I actually don't use it at all except for nostalgic purposes as I prefer terminal based clients like irssi but I had to give Khaled something. I spent so much time hacking scripts and add-ons on that in the 90s and I would always use a cracked version of mIRC. The fact that this guy is still pumping out updates to mIRC today is a treasure. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- girraween · 2022-07-18 22:13 I wonder how much this guy is still making? I ended up buying it. Back in the early 2000s, I use to crack it and use key gens. But now that I’m an adult, I had to give the guy some money. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- oooogle · 2022-07-19 02:11 Just had the same feeling, bought this latest release just to give back to him, 20 years later. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- scrutinizer80 · 2022-07-19 04:06 This should've been open-sourced long ago. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sim642 · 2022-07-19 04:49 Maybe that's his business model now: guilty users paying it back 20 years later. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thankyoufatmember · 2022-07-19 06:49 Just bought it too, about freaking time! 🙏🏻 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thankyoufatmember · 2022-07-19 06:49 Those themes ❤️ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KindOne · 2022-07-19 16:48 And how is the developer supposed to make money to live? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- scrutinizer80 · 2022-07-19 17:21 I very much doubt he makes his living out of mIRC nowadays. The donation option is always there, and besides, open-source doesn't necessarily mean free of charge. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KindOne · 2022-07-19 18:35 https://www.mirc.com/pfaq.html >Question: Will you be releasing the mIRC source code for public use at some point? >Answer: mIRC is the way I make a living, so it is not currently practical for me to release the source code. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- scrutinizer80 · 2022-07-20 05:53 That faq is at least 20 years old. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KindOne · 2022-07-20 07:36 Your point? It is most likely still valid today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- scrutinizer80 · 2022-07-20 09:06 I very much doubt that. But that's besides the point & frankly none of my business. The point was that you can have an open-source product and still charge for it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hakker9 · 2022-08-07 11:26 Open source isn't always better. I run Weechat as well and connect through Glowingbear.... well not the greatest option as I checked glowingbear recently it ate 3 GB of memory. This has been a thing for some time now and it is open source but not fixed. No I'm not a coder so I can't provide assistance on that part. Id rather see someone make a penny that still spends time on it keeping it up to date. Christian Ghisler does the same with Total Commander. It's closed source yet even after all this time he keeps it updated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Electrical_Storm_593 · 2022-08-18 02:43 I feel like that was definitely Adobe’s ---------------------------------------------------------------------- unlucky_ducky · 2022-08-22 10:38 By invalidating valid lifetime licenses. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GuyonWoW · 2022-08-24 22:18 i bought a lifetime licence 15 years ago. It's not valid anymore :\\ ?