SlickUpload has a long history in the realm of upload components, being one of the first ASP.NET upload components released back in 2003/2004, with continuous development and improvement over the past eight years. Today, I am excited to announce that SlickUpload has been acquired by Axosoft!

SlickUpload is used by Axosoft's Transfer Big Files site to service more than a terabyte of uploads per day. I will be coming on board at Axosoft to work on SlickUpload and Transfer Big Files, and we'll be working together to make SlickUpload even more reliable and performant.

As part of this acquisition, we're making two licensing changes to simplify the structure:

• First up is the new SlickUpload Community Edition. Community Edition is 100% free for personal use, non-profit organizations, open source projects, and educational institutions.
• Secondly, we're collapsing all other licenses into one: the SlickUpload Redistributable License. This will be reduced in price to $499 from $599, and allows you to run a single application on unlimited servers and/or redistribute SlickUpload with one application.

After this change, the three editions of SlickUpload will be:

• SlickUpload Community Edition (Free!) - Restricted to personal use, non profit organizations, open source projects, and educational institutions. Will include "Powered By SlickUpload Community Edition" branding with link to krystalware.com.
• SlickUpload Redistributable License ($499) - Use on an unlimited number of servers for a single application. You can also redistribute the product with your own commercial application without any royalties. All branding is removed from this version.
• SlickUpload Source Code License ($2,499) - For those who need the additional peace of mind of holding the source code. This license allows for modification of source code for use on an unlimited number of servers for a single application or for redistribution with your own applications.

The $149 single server license will remain available until 30 November 2011.

To learn more about Axosoft, visit axosoft.com.