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Shame I cannot even browse their web site: paragraph 2 of their terms expressly prohibit it, since I'm acting on behalf of my business. Maybe I'll stick with ot

Shame I cannot even browse their web site: paragraph 2 of their terms expressly prohibit it, since I'm acting on behalf of my business. Maybe I'll stick with other solutions. Same goes with BitTorrent Sync - their current paid-for version 2 expressly prohibits business use. Sigh. Their beta versions also did for some time, despite the fact they solicited business' success stories. People were even crazy enough to link to their commercial web site, using BT Sync products as a fundamental part of their service, against BitTorrent's terms of service.

yurisagalov 12y ago
I'm sorry you found the language confusing, but it's far from the intent (I've actually fired off an email to the lawyers to see if we can clear it up). Specifically, when you see language like this used by us or other people, the idea is that someone would not be able to come onto your website and use the content or features of your website for the purpose of driving their own business. The main purpose of this is that any commercial benefit from your website should really belong to you. They are of course free to come onto the website to learn more about and purchase the products and services, which they are then permitted to use under the applicable product license agreement or terms of service. Hope that's helpful!
- proactivesvcs 12y ago
  Thank you for replying so promptly and for taking my concerns into account. When I see language like that used by anyone I stop what I'm doing, unless I'm there for personal reasons. I respect the wishes of other organisations and if they make it seem like they don't want me there, I take it seriously. When people come to me for services, I expect them to take my terms just as seriously. It is genuinely nice to see terms that are concise, even if on this occasion, I may have misunderstood. I have avoided quite a number of products and services not because I was forbidden to use them, but because of the ambiguity that large, badly-formed documents cause. If your lawyers and my sense of reasoning can come to a compromise I am still curious about what AeroFS has to offer so will return!

yurisagalov 12y ago

I'm sorry you found the language confusing, but it's far from the intent (I've actually fired off an email to the lawyers to see if we can clear it up). Specifically, when you see language like this used by us or other people, the idea is that someone would not be able to come onto your website and use the content or features of your website for the purpose of driving their own business. The main purpose of this is that any commercial benefit from your website should really belong to you. They are of course free to come onto the website to learn more about and purchase the products and services, which they are then permitted to use under the applicable product license agreement or terms of service. Hope that's helpful!

proactivesvcs 12y ago
Thank you for replying so promptly and for taking my concerns into account. When I see language like that used by anyone I stop what I'm doing, unless I'm there for personal reasons. I respect the wishes of other organisations and if they make it seem like they don't want me there, I take it seriously. When people come to me for services, I expect them to take my terms just as seriously. It is genuinely nice to see terms that are concise, even if on this occasion, I may have misunderstood. I have avoided quite a number of products and services not because I was forbidden to use them, but because of the ambiguity that large, badly-formed documents cause. If your lawyers and my sense of reasoning can come to a compromise I am still curious about what AeroFS has to offer so will return!