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by NoahKAndrews 415 days ago
It's CLion, Rider, RustRover, and WebStorm, IntelliJ is not on the list.

So far they haven't muddied the waters for any versions that already had free Community Editions (IntelliJ and PyCharm). The Community Editions are more limited, but don't restrict commercial use.

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> The Community Editions are more limited, but don't restrict commercial use.

I've always wondered about this. I have the All-Products Pack subscription, don't get me wrong, but I used to have the Educational licence when I was in university. What was there to stop me from using it for commercial purposes? I get that the licence restrictions are likely more targeted towards medium to large businesses than little ol' me, but to what extent is it just an honour system? Just don't commit your .idea/ folder and basically no one would have any the wiser?

As far as I know the commercial use restriction is pretty much entirely the honor system, with some risk of a lawsuit if they found out somehow.