Hello Alan,
Please note that this notice in the upgrade form is meant for the commercial licenses, since free license keys cannot be upgraded to the new version 7 format - in case with the free license key you just need to generate a new license key for version 7 using
this form.
At the same time, while we've restricted the Internet-ID feature for the free license users, the Direct connection in version 6 still works the same way. Unfortunately, we had to take such strict measures due to security-related improvements that were implemented in version 7 that were necessary in order to prevent the 'out-of-the-box' free-forever version from being abused by malware actors.
Please note that the free license is still free and can be used just like before.
Please let us know if you have more questions.