> Nothing about licensing or patents. I assume the worst (read: unusable for small businesses)? If there's a free software implementation, and a company offeri

> Nothing about licensing or patents. I assume the worst (read: unusable for small businesses)? If there's a free software implementation, and a company offering the service based in the EU (or shop around and find any other jurisdiction where software patents don't matter), it's often YOLO - but call that "legal arbitrage" if you want to sound fancy :)