EditPad Lite is free for personal use only. If you use EditPad Lite at home or at school for purposes that don’t generate money, you can download the free version of EditPad Lite without any kind of payment or registration. Since you can always download the latest version, this upgrade policy does not apply.
If you want to use EditPad Lite for your job or business, you need to purchase a license. Your purchase will be covered by this upgrade policy.
When you buy a copy of EditPad Lite, you will get minor updates and bug fixes for free. Minor updates are updates of which the first version number has not changed. So if you buy EditPad Lite 8.x.x, you can upgrade to any other version 8.x.x free of charge.
You can use the Help|Check for New Version menu item in EditPad Lite to quickly check if you still have the latest version. Or you can check the version history on the EditPad Lite web site. As you can see in the version history, minor updates are frequently released.
To upgrade your copy of EditPad Lite, simply download the latest version and install it. Since the download package is fairly small, there is no difference between an upgrade download and a full download. You always download the complete package. You do not need to have the previous version installed to install the latest version. There is also no need to uninstall the previous version before upgrading if you do have it installed.
Major upgrades are indicated by a change in the first version number. So an upgrade from 8.x.x to 9.0.0 is a major upgrade. Major upgrades usually have a significant amount of improvements and new features. Therefore, you will likely have to pay an upgrade fee if you want to take advantage of a major update. This fee is typically half the price of the product.
The previous version will remain available for those who purchased it in the past and feel no need to upgrade. You will never be forced to upgrade. You will still be entitled to technical support if you continue to use the previous version. However, you will not receive any further updates with improvements or new features. And if you originally bought 4.x.x, you can still buy the 8.x.x upgrade even if you did not buy the 7.x.x upgrade.
If a major upgrade is released less than twelve months after you’ve purchased EditPad Lite, you will receive the major upgrade free of charge. The guarantee also covers upgrade purchases.
If you have not yet purchased EditPad Lite, you can buy your own copy of EditPad Lite now for only US$ 29.95.
If you have purchased EditPad Lite 7.x.x, you can upgrade to EditPad Lite 8 now for only US$ 14.95.