John, First of all, thank you for the work you have done over the span of what is it now, 3 decades to keep this program up to date? I can't believe the project is still alive and current.
I am a little confused. Is this a trial key for the full version or is this key related to the free basic version? I have the free versions and I don't remember having to continue to update a trial license? I was searching google to see if there was a way to test the full version and found this post. The reason I am confused is your post insinuates that people can just keep requesting an extended trial license and that is a real head-scratcher. Can you clarify this?
