Roon functionality offline, with no internet [not on roadmap]

[WiWavelength (Andrew J Shepherd)]

Finally found the answer to my question (I think). This thread is couched around intermittent internet access. But the real point here is that the Roon core will stop working if it can’t verify the license state.

So I spend $500 on a permanent license and Roon goes bust, the license servers are no longer there and my player/Roon core stop working. Is that about right?

Nope. Long since answered many times over…

What happens with the lifetime subscribers if the company folds or is sold?

This is the only open question I have, that is keeping me from pulling the trigger to become a lifer. What happens with the lifetime subscriptions, if Roon is out of business (what noone expects or hopes as Roon is ingenious) or Roon should be sold (like with Sooloos to Meridian back in the days)? If Roon folds, will lifers be able to keep using Roon as it is at the moment then? Or when Roon is sold, will the new owner have to take over and fulfill the lifetime subscription? If the answers to…

AJ