TeamSpeak blocking NPL license

[Awlok]

Hi, i run a community by 2015, since 2017 we have a NPL license, a couple days ago i saw my server was shutdown, so i rebooted it, after 2 minutes it shutdown again.

So, i opened the server logs and i saw this:


2018-11-17 15:58:32.848475|INFO |ServerLibPriv | |TeamSpeak 3 Server 3.3.1 (2018-08-20 08:19:20)
2018-11-17 15:58:32.848671|INFO |ServerLibPriv | |SystemInformation: Linux 2.6.32-042stab126.2 #1 SMP Wed Dec 6 18:08:29 MSK 2017 x86_64 Binary: 64bit
2018-11-17 15:58:32.848689|WARNING |ServerLibPriv | |The system locale is set to "C" this can cause unexpected behavior. We advice you to repair your locale!
2018-11-17 15:58:32.848699|INFO |ServerLibPriv | |Using hardware aes
2018-11-17 15:58:32.849653|INFO |DatabaseQuery | |dbPlugin name: SQLite3 plugin, Version 3, (c)TeamSpeak Systems GmbH
2018-11-17 15:58:32.849672|INFO |DatabaseQuery | |dbPlugin version: 3.11.1
2018-11-17 15:58:32.850181|INFO |DatabaseQuery | |checking database integrity (may take a while)
2018-11-17 15:58:32.906556|INFO |Accounting | |Licensing Information
2018-11-17 15:58:32.906613|INFO |Accounting | |type : Non-Profit License
2018-11-17 15:58:32.906641|INFO |Accounting | |starting date : Sat Sep 1 00:00:00 2018
2018-11-17 15:58:32.906656|INFO |Accounting | |ending date : Thu Mar 14 00:00:00 2019
2018-11-17 15:58:32.906670|INFO |Accounting | |max virtualservers: 10
2018-11-17 15:58:32.906682|INFO |Accounting | |max slots : 512
2018-11-17 15:58:32.969361|INFO | | |myTeamSpeak identifier revocation list was downloaded successfully - all related features are activated
2018-11-17 15:58:33.591761|INFO | | |Puzzle precompute time: 662
2018-11-17 15:58:33.601623|INFO |FileManager | |listening on 0.0.0.0:20022, [::]:20022
2018-11-17 15:58:33.688408|INFO |Query | |listening for query on 0.0.0.0:10011, [::]:10011
2018-11-17 15:58:33.688458|INFO |CIDRManager | |updated query_ip_whitelist ips: 127.0.0.1/32, ::1/128,
2018-11-17 15:58:38.015568|INFO | | |Error opening file "files/virtualserver_4/internal/icons/icon_3528750266": No such file or directory
2018-11-17 15:58:40.538179|INFO | | |Error opening file "files/virtualserver_4/internal/icons/icon_2105436316": No such file or directory
2018-11-17 15:58:40.538649|INFO | | |Error opening file "files/virtualserver_4/internal/icons/icon_4135944230": No such file or directory
2018-11-17 15:59:33.130710|ERROR |Accounting | |license expired, shutting down!


my license it's still valid! I had to remove licensekey.dat and run the server with nolicense and i lost users

I'm very frustrated to see this happen, I'd like to know if you've contacted their support at least in order to know the reason (if they tell you) ... So you have your website online terms? It's that I predict that they will "eliminate" every holder of NPL ..

PS: Bad english i know.

 

[Asphyxia]

I'd like to know if you've contacted their support at least in order to know the reason

Many people have already contacted support. TeamSpeak support has become very slow to respond, they are also unhelpful.

Reference these posts from the TeamSpeak forum:

TeamSpeak user:

When are you going to open the registration for NPL ? Thanks.

TeamSpeak support:

It says so on the NPL registration page.

Sources
https://forum.teamspeak.com/threads/137445-NPL-License-(how-to-get-renew-etc-)
https://forum.teamspeak.com/threads/137445-NPL-License-(how-to-get-renew-etc-)?p=462983#post462983

 

[NOFEAR]

I right understand that people who have NPL also lose them? if it ends in January 2019, is it the end for him? Interesting hm

 

[Asphyxia]

if it ends in January 2019, is it the end for him?

https://forum.teamspeak.com/threads/134380-NPL-start-and-End-date-are-strange?p=453631#post453631

TeamSpeak has no clue wtf they are doing. Expect your license to turn into a bird that flies in front of a semi and gets hit!!

From TeamSpeak staff themselves:

What you both saw was a desired behavior while we did/do prepared our accounting server to work with old servers and licenses.

Numma: your license only did update to the new license type. The end date wasn't touched when the license type was updated. The start data was touched when your license was updated in our system.

Schlumpi: Some NPL licenses where touched/updated twice in our system so it could be that one of these is yours. (with updated i don't mean the end date.)

Basically they are admitting to having autism

 

[phpkiller]

if this ts5 is not good and not good with the pricing then its the down fall of a great communication app.
personaly i dont like discord but if im forced i will switch to it .

 

[amsaal]

well even my license is going to expire on Jan 2019. i am afraid i will lose hands on it soon.

 

[alpsho1]

[QUOTE = "NOFEAR, post: 67935, membru: 33879"] Înțeleg că oamenii care au NPL le pierd, de asemenea? dacă se termină în ianuarie 2019, este sfârșitul pentru el? Interesant hm [/ QUOTE]
euliked

 

[IROA]

To be honest, if the team Mesmerize didn!t leave , TS could get fucked and we just would have used cracks nowadays. The reason why they're not providing NPL is just so silly....
From the post Ive seen above I could honestly say ,that the TS3 is gonna go end really soon.... Or They will rapidly change everything and everyone will have to pay for the connections,
Looking for solution for a long time. Discord ain't bad platform but they are just 3rd party company without your own server hosting option. Take a look at the Mumble, U could host your own server as a TS3 does, but you have to pay for slots and buy licence, no free 32 slots. If TS3 CEO get mad and really will wants to earn some cash ,they will apply this way....
At this time the world just need some creative programmer/coder and redesign TS3 with a brand new platform and engine to use for free.

 

[k1t00]

What about the fyfywka server? he has an NPL license.
Nickname Server: game-ts or fyfywka

 

[User_2970]

well even my license is going to expire on Jan 2019. i am afraid i will lose hands on it soon.

My npl expires too in Jan 2019, but teamspeak said the npl would be renewed automatically.

 

[k1t00]

My npl expires too in Jan 2019, but teamspeak said the npl would be renewed automatically.

Yes, I already understood. I asked a question on the official site, they answered me this ...

Hello,

Thank you for your interest in TeamSpeak. Unfortunately, we are no longer offering NPLs. We are in the process of reviewing our community support strategy. Please continue to visit our website for further updates.

If you need a license immediately, our Gamer License is available for purchase.
Please feel free to view our price list here: https://www.teamspeak.com/en/features/pricing

 

[User_2970]

Yes, I already understood. I asked a question on the official site, they answered me this ...

There would be no new free Teamspeak License?

 

[winfreak]

So if I'm reading this I'll switch to teaspeak sooner or later if their client is going to be good in the near future

 

[Asphyxia]

if their client is going to be good

That is a big if - they basically reverse engineered the TeamSpeak 3 protocol which is useless because they're going to have to remake the client(s) and server(s) as newer TeamSpeak releases and features arrive. Reversing TeamSpeak is really only useful for development or security testing. Remaking TeamSpeak 3 is a bad idea because their software is licensed and protected under copyright. Taking their software is illegal since 2007 based on how one would recreate TS3.

But if you are living in Germany, the things are a bit more complicated. In 2007 they outlawed with a very unspecific law the use and possession of network analysis tools, reverse engineering tools and any way to circumvent copy protection, access denial systems or others.

Want more info? Just read over here. R4P3 is unaffiliated with Germany - not the same for some ".de" domain holder.

 

[k1t00]

There would be no new free Teamspeak License?

There will be no more free version, they decided to do only paid tariffs.

So if I'm reading this I'll switch to teaspeak sooner or later if their client is going to be good in the near future

I think it will only get worse.

I think to create a free hosting based on the old version, and it seems to me that the idea is good, because they themselves have abandoned the old versions of servers and clients.