Among the most significant changes with this year’s Elements releases has little to do with new features but instead concerns the ways users purchase and own the software. While prior versions of Photoshop and Premiere Elements have been lifetime licenses — the user buys the software and then owns it indefinitely — this year’s release has moved to a three-year license term.
It looks like the media player is open source, but the media server is not.
I also bought the lifetime license a while ago, and am also happy with that purchase.
Ah, I guess that shows my ignorance. Thanks.