Macecraft Software
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| Company type | Family business |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | Helsinki (2001)[1] |
| Website | www.macecraft.com/ |
Macecraft Software is a Finnish computer software company founded in 2001 by Jouni Vuorio and Jani Vuorio. The company is mainly known for its utility software jv16 PowerTools. Other products include standalone registry cleaners, RegSupreme Pro and RegSupreme.
Before 2003, as a hobby Jouni Vuorio developed a freeware software called RegCleaner. The transition from creating freeware software to shareware products also generated heated discussion.[2]
In December 2013, a crowdfunding campaign was launched at indiegogo with the aim of making Jv16 PowerTools free and open source.[3] The Thunderclap Web site said that the campaign reached 252% of its goal of 500 supporters with 1,2558 subscribers,[4] but Macecraft said that the campaign did not reach its financial goal, so the software was not made free and open source.[5] Instead, contributors were given software updates. The Macecraft discussion forum went offline for a prolonged period at about this time but eventually came back online, with apologies for the prolonged absence for maintenance.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "About Macecraft Software". Macecraft website. Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- ^ "Discussion of jv16 PowerTools and Macecraft Software". Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- ^ Macecraft Software — jv16 PowerTools as Open Source
- ^ "Thunderclap: jv16 PowerTools as Open Source". Thunderclap. 23 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-11-11. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "About the 2014 Crowdfunding Campaign for Open Source". www.macecraft.com. Archived from the original on 2019-07-18.
- ^ "Updates and crowdfunding statement". Macecraft Software. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
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