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Also the limit is quite, quite low. Only if you make less than $5K a year. But not on your Delphi project, but in anything else you do as a contractor or as a c

Also the limit is quite, quite low. Only if you make less than $5K a year. But not on your Delphi project, but in anything else you do as a contractor or as a company.

contravariant 3y ago
I mean they're free to put the limit wherever they want. I think allowing it to be used for hobby projects is still a good thing. To use the same limit for donations to non-profits, however, is harsh. It basically makes it impossible to use for any serious open source project, which is a damn shame.
pjmlp 3y ago
Hardly much different from using VS Community edition.
- tecleandor 3y ago
  VS Community limits are way different. Seems like there's no limit for individuals, and the limits for "corporations" begin in $1M on annual revenue. An even when hitting those "corporation limits" you can still use it if it's for " (i) open source; (ii) Visual Studio extensions; (iii) device drivers for the Windows operating system; (iv) SQL Server development; and, (v) education purposes as permitted above." edit: VS Community Terms: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/license-terms/vs2022-ga-community/ https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/license-terms/vs2022-ga-c...
  - pjmlp 3y ago
    Still, I find the license quite alright for what is ultimely a commercial product, https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter/faq https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter/faq Even JetBrains isn't that into charity with their products, see recent RustRover announcement.
    - mihular 3y ago
      Rider is commercial only as well and not expensive at all. I guess MS compensates from other services (Azure) when you build an app with free VS against them.
      - pasc1878 3y ago
        Or the usual MS gain that they have been using for the last 40 years. Most VS written programs run on MS operating system and/or Office so they get there money from sellinmg these.

Also the limit is quite, quite low. Only if you make less than $5K a year. But not on your Delphi project, but in anything else you do as a contractor or as a company.

contravariant 3y ago

I mean they're free to put the limit wherever they want. I think allowing it to be used for hobby projects is still a good thing. To use the same limit for donations to non-profits, however, is harsh. It basically makes it impossible to use for any serious open source project, which is a damn shame.

pjmlp 3y ago

Hardly much different from using VS Community edition.

tecleandor 3y ago
VS Community limits are way different. Seems like there's no limit for individuals, and the limits for "corporations" begin in $1M on annual revenue. An even when hitting those "corporation limits" you can still use it if it's for " (i) open source; (ii) Visual Studio extensions; (iii) device drivers for the Windows operating system; (iv) SQL Server development; and, (v) education purposes as permitted above." edit: VS Community Terms: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/license-terms/vs2022-ga-community/ https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/license-terms/vs2022-ga-c...
- pjmlp 3y ago
  Still, I find the license quite alright for what is ultimely a commercial product, https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter/faq https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter/faq Even JetBrains isn't that into charity with their products, see recent RustRover announcement.
  - mihular 3y ago
    Rider is commercial only as well and not expensive at all. I guess MS compensates from other services (Azure) when you build an app with free VS against them.
    - pasc1878 3y ago
      Or the usual MS gain that they have been using for the last 40 years. Most VS written programs run on MS operating system and/or Office so they get there money from sellinmg these.