Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of Licensing FAQ

Timestamp:

Nov 22, 2006 3:35:00 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

jose

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Licensing FAQ

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  Personal use is when you install the product on one or more PCs yourself and you make use of it (or even your friend, sister and grandmother). It doesn't matter whether you just use it for fun or run your multi-million dollar business with it. Also, if you install it on your work PC at some large company, this is still personal use. However, if you are an administrator and want to deploy it to the 100,000 desktops in your company, this would not qualify as ''personal use''. Well, you could ask each of your 100,000 employees to install !VirtualBox but don't you think we deserve some money in this case? We'd even assist you with any issue you might have.
 
- 8. '''What about software patents?'''
+ 8. '''What is your definition of ''academic use''?
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+ Use at an academic institution such as schools, colleges and universities by both teachers and students is covered. So in addition to the personal use which is always permitted, academic institutions may also choose to roll out the software in an automated way to make it available to its students and personnel.
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+ 9. '''What about software patents?'''
 
  !InnoTek offers !VirtualBox free of charge to anyone who finds it useful. The only restrictions we impose are those of either the GPL or our respective commercial licenses -- whichever you choose. This also means that we will not restrict your use of the product by means of patents. However, should someone attempt to abuse the product, e.g. by violating the GPL or our commercial license, we will make use of our intellectual property rights to protect !VirtualBox.