Do you think hobbies should be free ? I am asking in good faith :- ) It's one of the more interesting topics I picked up here, not wish to sideline discussion, just interests me a bit. Cheers
I agree, it's an interesting and complicated topic.
On one hand you're using a product to create pretty pictures / art and not making any money out of it.
On the other hand you're using a product in which people invested time, money, knowledge and hard work. Why should they care how i use it.
If i use a guitar to create pretty melodies / art, i'm definitely not getting it for free, even if it's body is shaped to spell "Gibson" :)
And again, how could anybody control that it's really used for personal use only? Even with suggested limited render size, how big? 800×600? This sounds like something small enough to be useless in commercial purposes. But in all other purposes as well.
To answer your question - i don't know :) I guess it would be nice if ALL hobbies would be free, in a perfect world :)
With all that said, i think pricing is fair, there is no room for complaints, and the moment i start making money rendering on my own i will definitely buy Corona.
(Whispers: it still would be nice to have personal license like the one romullus speaks of :D )