License expired - what now?

Question

Hello SBIecommunity. My License has now expired, and i just stumped upon that "Maintenance" notice while trying to buy a new one. 
 I became pretty dependant on SBIE during the last year, and now... what can I do? How do I get a new license?!

Ryan Cruze · Answer

Here is what is missing from the responses from Sophos. 
 Nowhere have I heard them announce that the problem is just temporary, offer any reassurance to their customers or that they plan to continue normal operations and give any kind of time frame. It looks to me that management is doing a terrible PR job on this no matter what the problem is. 
 Instead they just give what now seems to clearly be a false excuse to stall for time. 
 Sounds like either financial trouble and pending bankruptcy or some kind of legal liability problem. 
 The fact that they won't just tell you what is going on in a credible and transparent way is ominous. 
 Even if they somehow survive this, the Sophos brand is crippled by these actions. 
 It's too bad. Sandboxie is an outstanding program. Apparently the management isn't nearly as good as the developers (or as good as the customer support referring to the person in this thread who has the unfortunate job to be stuck in the middle of this mess between management and the customers). 
 Hopefully, if Sophos goes belly up, they will sell off Sandboxie to someplace that has better management.

Barb@Sophos · Answer

Hi RKay, 
 Unfortunately, we are still experiencing issues with that system, and there are no buying methods available. Once a license expires, Sandboxie reverts to its free version, which has limited functionality, but can still be used. Find more info in the FAQ_Licensing section, under " Which features are available under the paid version" . 
 Sandboxie status updates will be posted in the below listed thread (you may want to subscribe to it to receive a notification when an update is posted): https://community.sophos.com/products/sandboxie/f/sandboxie-forum/112376/sandboxie-status-update-what-happened-to-the-sandboxie-site-and-forums-last-updated-may-22nd 
 Regards,