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What does "noncommercial use" mean in this context though? These are tools for work - is the idea that students can use them for free and then will start paying

What does "noncommercial use" mean in this context though? These are tools for work - is the idea that students can use them for free and then will start paying once they finish school?

prepend 2y ago
Students or OSS
- Deukhoofd 2y ago
  But it was already free for students, and they have a partnership program with OSS which allows you to use it for free as well.
  - nightski 2y ago
    It was still a process. You had to have an established OSS project and go through the partnership process. Now you can just use it for free for any hobby/oss projects without all the red tape.
  - nic547 2y ago
    You need to apply once a year and you need to be a maintainer of an active oss project for the oss license. From my experience they're very lenient in regards to what they consider active, but I don't think I'd jump trough the hoops if I didn't start using Rider with the student license. Free for non-commercial offers a easy way to get people to use it and hopefully advocate for it at their jobs.
    - mariusor 2y ago
      I did jump through the hoops every year and it's mostly fine, a 20m form filling exercise. I only had to explain one time that my project was still ongoing despite having a lot of seemingly automated commits.
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jasonjmcghee 2y ago
Game jams, releasing game for free- that makes up a whole lot. Curious where the line is if you're using it during a YouTube video that you have a Patreon for etc. I think most games built never make money.
- cypressious 2y ago
  It's explicitly allowed to be used for content creation.
BaculumMeumEst 2y ago
It means a wink, a nod, and perhaps a nudge nudge.
LeFantome 2y ago
It means you can use them as a hobbiest or a student. For example, you can now use Rider as the IDE on an Open Source project. If you are writing code that you are going to be paid for, you are supposed to pay. Of course, they know a lot of small devs will use it that should not. But few of them would have paid anyway and this creates a much greater pool of buyers when those devs get jobs or achieve commercial success. I am a Rider fan so this is exciting.
- jcotton42 2y ago
  > For example, you can now use Rider as the IDE on an Open Source project It's worth noting that even before this change, you can get the entire JB suite for free if you regularly contribute to a qualifying OSS project https://www.jetbrains.com/community/opensource/ https://www.jetbrains.com/community/opensource/.
  - memsom 2y ago
    I think the issue used to be that proving that involved them vetting you and I know that my contributions were deemed too sporadic. Which is chicken and egg - I would do more with a good IDE, but I can't have a good IDE till I do more. At least now, I can just do what I can without worrying.
sans_souse 2y ago
Please tell me you knew such people existed prior to getting the correct answer above.. I'll sleep better

What does "noncommercial use" mean in this context though? These are tools for work - is the idea that students can use them for free and then will start paying once they finish school?

prepend 2y ago

Students or OSS

Deukhoofd 2y ago
But it was already free for students, and they have a partnership program with OSS which allows you to use it for free as well.
- nightski 2y ago
  It was still a process. You had to have an established OSS project and go through the partnership process. Now you can just use it for free for any hobby/oss projects without all the red tape.
- nic547 2y ago
  You need to apply once a year and you need to be a maintainer of an active oss project for the oss license. From my experience they're very lenient in regards to what they consider active, but I don't think I'd jump trough the hoops if I didn't start using Rider with the student license. Free for non-commercial offers a easy way to get people to use it and hopefully advocate for it at their jobs.
  - mariusor 2y ago
    I did jump through the hoops every year and it's mostly fine, a 20m form filling exercise. I only had to explain one time that my project was still ongoing despite having a lot of seemingly automated commits.

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jasonjmcghee 2y ago

Game jams, releasing game for free- that makes up a whole lot. Curious where the line is if you're using it during a YouTube video that you have a Patreon for etc. I think most games built never make money.

cypressious 2y ago
It's explicitly allowed to be used for content creation.

BaculumMeumEst 2y ago

It means a wink, a nod, and perhaps a nudge nudge.

LeFantome 2y ago

It means you can use them as a hobbiest or a student. For example, you can now use Rider as the IDE on an Open Source project. If you are writing code that you are going to be paid for, you are supposed to pay. Of course, they know a lot of small devs will use it that should not. But few of them would have paid anyway and this creates a much greater pool of buyers when those devs get jobs or achieve commercial success. I am a Rider fan so this is exciting.

jcotton42 2y ago
> For example, you can now use Rider as the IDE on an Open Source project It's worth noting that even before this change, you can get the entire JB suite for free if you regularly contribute to a qualifying OSS project https://www.jetbrains.com/community/opensource/ https://www.jetbrains.com/community/opensource/.
- memsom 2y ago
  I think the issue used to be that proving that involved them vetting you and I know that my contributions were deemed too sporadic. Which is chicken and egg - I would do more with a good IDE, but I can't have a good IDE till I do more. At least now, I can just do what I can without worrying.

sans_souse 2y ago

Please tell me you knew such people existed prior to getting the correct answer above.. I'll sleep better