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English Forums => Zenarmor (Sensei) => Topic started by: cgone on February 03, 2023, 03:10:19 pm
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Since when for the free edition the number of protected devices is unlimited?
Does someone found a restriction in the license that disallow the use the free edition in an education context?
Former with the restricted number of protected devices the number of devices from the pupils are fast reached and the education reduction was not that great that a school was able to pay the price (in Germany).
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Juridically, if we speak of pirated software, we are talking sense. It's illegal to use pirated software, i.e. software whose activation mechanism has been altered.
But nobody knows if an EULA violation by a consumer is juridically meaningful. It has not been tested in court, with the exception of GPL compliance, and GPL compliance is restricted to software makers.
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If you need to know more: https://www.europeanlawinstitute.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/p_eli/Publications/ELI_Statement_on_DCD.pdf
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Juridically, if we speak of pirated software, we are talking sense. It's illegal to use pirated software, i.e. software whose activation mechanism has been altered.
But nobody knows if an EULA violation by a consumer is juridically meaningful. It has not been tested in court, with the exception of GPL compliance, and GPL compliance is restricted to software makers.
My concern is not using pirated software. I want to use the (free) software legal.
My big concern is that the conditions of legal use are not clearly stated.
Meanwhile I asked a representative (Dave) from Sunny Valley Networks and he wrote me hat the free software is indented to use in a non-commercial context. In Germany usually the public schools are non-commercial, so I think that I am fine and the free software is legal to use in school, but a stale aftertaste is still there.