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by TAForObvReasons
2770 days ago
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The problem is that the tool is being used in a business setting, but the phrase "free for personal use, contact me for a commercial license" does not obligate the users to obtain a different license. They are likely not selling the tool or distributing it, but merely using it. If you really want a legal way to get companies to pay, phrase it as "free for non-commercial use" and include that in the public documentation as well as somewhere in the tool itself. Non-commercial includes the indirect commercial cases that would apply to the tool. |
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AIUI that is wrong in USA and UK (don't know about other countries). At least if using the "non-commercial" definition used in IP law.
For example, you create an advert for free for an event that charges money, that's commercial. You give stuff away that impacts someone else's ability to sell, that's commercial. You do a free event, charge for snacks, it's a commercial event.
Use an app privately the results of which you use to benefit your employer, that's a commercial use.
It's pretty hard to answer the general question for "an app" rather than a specific app and associated action.