Wow, this is really disappointing. I have been a longtime subscriber to Object Desktop and also purchased the Old Fences Pro (among others) due to the fact that I own two working laptops. I probably am mistaken but I could have sworn I read a post on here somewhere a few years back that said we could install fences on more than one personal device if done within a few weeks of purchase. Now it is being made clear that I(we) have to buy another license. Jeez, this really hurts.

Here is a few suggestions, FWIW: 1) The option to purchase a one-time lifetime license at a price higher but still reasonable, so the customer doesn't have to feel nickled-and-dimed to death. Perception is often more important than the reality. And/or 2) Have the license good for up to three personal devices. I use my laptops for different activities but almost never simultaneously.

Not that my opinion matters, just my 2cents.

Same response from me. After years of subscribing to OD while only using fences and object dock (on two machines), you've changed the calculus. No renewal for me unless the policy is changed.

 wow, this is absolutely outrageous, you are really disgusting and I was not informed of this prior to updating, absolutely sickening tactics employed by your company.

The community has spoken and Stardock has listened.       

Thank you greatly appreciated.

I actually thought the same thing too and felt a little stung by the change and the lack of notification and at having to purchase another license.  But then I thought, 'I work hard, I get paid, it's great software, and I've been following and supporting these guys for years now so I guess I can afford to buy another license.'  And I did... and then I found this thread. 

I think the biggest issue is the lack of prior notice, and then being confronted with such an insurmountable barrier when installing the software on our own machines.  It definitely fired up the blood so it's not hard to understand the strong reactions shown here. But I also understand the reasoning behind the change; some people take advantage of the system, and some just simply can't be trusted to do the right thing.

Thanks for your understanding, Brad.  This kind of attitude is mainly the reason why I continue to value your software and support so highly. 

I upgraded to version 2.13 today and have the same problem. I first upgraded my notebook and then my desktop. Now my desktop is requiring me to activate and claims that my product key is being used by another computer.

When is this bug supposed to be fixed?

No sweat. Sorry about the inconvenience.  I have a meeting this week to expedite the changes.

Here on the forums, we get to talk to our core (well IMO our core) user base. But in terms of raw sales, it's usually from big companies ordering lots of copies and the enterprise team kept running into situation where a "big" company would order * $4.99 copy and put it on 3,500 machines.  But in trying to address that, they forgot to keep in mind the people who want it on their work machine, home machine, laptop, etc. We don't expect those customers to have to purchase multiple copies.

You do realise you are OBLIGED to 'regard what Frogboy says'?

His is not the interjections of a rambling mal-content but a statement of intent/status-quo.  The situation was/is inconvenient but will be only temporary...

Please add my name to allow more than one computer for my product also...

I have 2 desktop units at home and a laptop .. and one computer at work. all running windows 8.

your product makes things more productive.  I am saddened since this last update, now it wont work on one of my desktops.

please fix?

Thank You 

Yup my fences stopped working on my main pc too... Well???  

Same issue over here.

I have two PCs, my desktop and my laptop, which I sue interchangeably. When Fences on my desktop said the licence was no longer valid, I figured it's a simple matter of relogging in or re-entering my key. I was shocked when I got a message stating that "the licence is currently associated with a different computer."

This was not a problem over the past few years that these two PCs were running with Fences among other Object Desktop applications. As a subscriber I know that I am entitled to install on multiple PCs as long as I am the only user.

Here's a transcript from the EULA at the tme:

YOU MAY:
1. Install and use one copy of the SOFTWARE on a single computer.
2. Install a second copy of the SOFTWARE on a second computer only if you are the main user of this computer (home computer or laptop for example).
3. Install the SOFTWARE on another computer only
if you change your main workstation. In such a case
you must uninstall the software from the old computer.
4. Use the SOFTWARE via a network, only if you
have purchased an adequate number of licenses.
The number of users must not exceed the number of
licenses you have purchased.
5. Make a copy of the SOFTWARE for archival purposes only.

Point #2 is what concerns myself (and I believe most of us).

What the heck happened? Is this an error? Now I ahve to subscribe to Object Desktop twice to use the applications on both my PCs??