I like JetBrains  &amp; am a fan of their products (I&#x27;m a paying customer). I&#x27;m sure they are good people with good intentions. However, I&#x27;d rather not have this unnecessary complication - it wasn&#x27;t broken before.<p>&gt; If they actually went out of business, I&#x27;m sure they&#x27;d to something to remedy the situation.<p>That all depends on <i>how</i> they go out of business. They could too busy fighting other fires to write a patch that removes license-check, or it could be a hostile takeover with the subsequent &quot;we are discontinuing $PRODUCT from next month&quot; announcement