Timeline for My boss makes us use unlicensed software. What to do about it?
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| S May 13, 2016 at 9:26 | history | suggested | Dan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 12, 2016 at 1:09 | comment | added | keshlam | @HorusKol: not saying you should. My point was that some products can be used commercially as either freeware or paid license, the difference being his much support you get. People forget that part of rms's final GNU Manifesto which kicked off the open here movement was the idea that "software should be free, support should cost." | |
| May 11, 2016 at 23:58 | comment | added | HorusKol | @keshlam "This is not a major problem. It would be courteous to support the developers" - if you're running something like Qt Framework, you can use it free under GPL, or you can pay for a commercial licence - the software works regardless, but if you release a non-GPL product you should be paying for it. Just because software runs without a licence doesn't mean it doesn't need a licence for your use of it. | |
| May 11, 2016 at 8:23 | comment | added | Brandin | @SupremeGrandRuler WinRAR for example does say in their agreement that you are allowed to use it during the trial period. But I've seen many people and administrators "forget" to buy a long term license. It could just need a reminder to whoever handles IT/software licenses in the organization. "Hey, I noticed this software I'm using has an expired license." | |
| May 11, 2016 at 6:23 | comment | added | user48683 | "This is not a major problem. It would be courteous to support the developers" What I mean was for software along the lines of WinRar or EditPlus who say you MUST buy a license but don't lock the software so you can still use it even though you should buy a license. | |
| May 11, 2016 at 6:22 | history | edited | keshlam | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 11, 2016 at 5:01 | history | answered | keshlam | CC BY-SA 3.0 |