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>Again, why? Limiting the USE of a opensource product is a stupid thing todo. The great thing about OSS is that your NOT dependent on a Manufacturer, but here

by nix23 5y ago

>Again, why? Limiting the USE of a opensource product is a stupid thing todo. The great thing about OSS is that your NOT dependent on a Manufacturer, but here you are if you have more than 5 users (that makes it even worse). IF your are truly OSS don't restrict your product on usage, but present a great Support-Team. This is not better then ANY Microsoft product with it's CAL's, but MS is probably not going bankrupt in the next 5 years, DONT artificially restrict the USE of your Product!

BiteCode_dev 5y ago
It's doesn't limit the use of the software, it limits the use of their instance. The licence is GPL, you can use it the way you want on your own machine.
- omnicognate 5y ago
  It's not hosted afaict. They're selling support.
- nix23 5y ago
  >It's doesn't limit the use of the software, it limits the use of their instance. Same same, it's Not a Service but Software, so it's MY instance. >The licence is GPL, you can use it the way you want on your own machine. That's the problem..i cant (5 User limit)...and btw it's AGPL
  - croes 5y ago
    Is the limit in open source code? If no, where is the problem, if yes, remove it, it's open source.
omnicognate 5y ago
It is a bit weird. AFAICT this isn't a hosted service. It's AGPL code you host yourself, and yet as nix23 says, at https://grommunio.com/product/ https://grommunio.com/product/ there's: > Community > max. 5 user – free With no further explanation (the site isn't very clear generally). IANAL but I don't think you can do that with AGPL. If it's AGPL licensed and you're hosting it yourself you can use it for anything as long as you abide by the terms of the license (including the "Affero" bit). It would be different if this were (A)GPL code together with a hosted service you can use free with up to 5 users, but I think that's not what this is. Edit: The thing they're selling appears to be support and limiting free support to 5 users would be fine (and generous!) but they make it clear with Community you don't get any support so I don't see any basis for restricting the number of users.

by nix23 5y ago

BiteCode_dev 5y ago

It's doesn't limit the use of the software, it limits the use of their instance. The licence is GPL, you can use it the way you want on your own machine.

omnicognate 5y ago
It's not hosted afaict. They're selling support.
nix23 5y ago
>It's doesn't limit the use of the software, it limits the use of their instance. Same same, it's Not a Service but Software, so it's MY instance. >The licence is GPL, you can use it the way you want on your own machine. That's the problem..i cant (5 User limit)...and btw it's AGPL
- croes 5y ago
  Is the limit in open source code? If no, where is the problem, if yes, remove it, it's open source.

omnicognate 5y ago

It is a bit weird. AFAICT this isn't a hosted service. It's AGPL code you host yourself, and yet as nix23 says, at https://grommunio.com/product/ https://grommunio.com/product/ there's: > Community > max. 5 user – free With no further explanation (the site isn't very clear generally). IANAL but I don't think you can do that with AGPL. If it's AGPL licensed and you're hosting it yourself you can use it for anything as long as you abide by the terms of the license (including the "Affero" bit). It would be different if this were (A)GPL code together with a hosted service you can use free with up to 5 users, but I think that's not what this is. Edit: The thing they're selling appears to be support and limiting free support to 5 users would be fine (and generous!) but they make it clear with Community you don't get any support so I don't see any basis for restricting the number of users.