sshanky Nov 11 1:45PM 2016
Hello,
I am trying out Duplicacy and like it so far. What happens if for some reason I don't have a license (say, for example, that you stop developing it and it's no longer possible to purchase a license)? What functionality is restricted? I would like to know that not matter what I can at least restore all files needed.
Thanks
gchen Nov 12 10:31AM 2016
If you purchase a commercial license then you'll have the access to the latest source code of the command line version. The GUI version is just a wrapper around the CLI version, so with the source code you'll be able to build your own binary and restore all files.
sshanky Nov 14 12:22AM 2016
Thanks. To clarify, I was trying to ensure that say, for example, you shut down your company and no longer offered support and I couldn't buy a license. Could I always at least restore files? once committing to this I would like to know there are no risks of loss of functionality in an extraordinary situation.
gchen Nov 14 9:54PM 2016
You can always use the CLI version to restore files from backups without a license. I just updated the license section on our github page to reflect this permission.
Danny Apr 8 2:07PM 2018
It would be very useful if this information was also on the duplicacy.com site --specifically on this page https://www.duplicacy.com/buy.html -- rather than just on GitHub. I wanted this information (is a license required to restore) and I vaguely remembered that I had seen it in the issues and I just spent ~ 20 minutes looking for it. From a developer's perspective the natural place to put this probably is on the GitHub page because that's where the CLI version is being maintained. But from a buyer's perspective, the natural place is on the buy page on the duplicacy.com web site, which is where all of the other information regarding license entitlement is communicated.
gchen Apr 9 1:33PM 2018
Thank you for pointing that out! I've added this statement to https://www.duplicacy.com/buy.html:
In addition, if the purpose is to restore or manage existing backups, the CLI version can be run by anyone on any computer without a valid license.