On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 8:53 PM, Tommy Pham <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > I have some questions regarding licensing. I noticed that Roller 5.1.2 is > "Licensed under Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Generic > <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/>". Following the > provided link to understand further about commercial purposes didn't help. > I then followed "More info" which: > > "CC's NonCommercial (NC) licenses prohibit uses that are "primarily > intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or monetary > compensation." .... If you are unsure, you should either contact the > rights holder for clarification, or search for works that permit commercial > uses." [1] > > So here are my questions: > > *) If I use the software for my company for blogs created by any employee > of the company available freely for anyone to read but only certain > registered users are permitted to comment, am I permitted to use it under > the CC NC license? > *) If my company is hosting company, can I charge my customers to setup > this software and for all its maintenance (patches, upgrades, database > backup)? > > Thanks, > Tommy > > > [1] > https://wiki.creativecommons.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Does_my_use_violate_the_NonCommercial_clause_of_the_licenses.3F > After playing around with the themes, I think the above license is only for themes Fauxcoly and Gaurav. Am I correct to assume that roller is licensed under Apache Software License 2.0? http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
