Nextcloud home commercial use?

Marc_Muc · November 22, 2020, 9:18pm

Hi Nextcloud community,

can I use the Nextcloud home version commercially? Is it allowed, for example, to install Nextcloud on a server and rent it out?

And if so, is it possible to purchase support for this existing installation at a later date?

I thank you in advance?

Marc

KarlF12 · November 22, 2020, 10:04pm

What are you calling the home version?

tflidd · November 22, 2020, 10:39pm

There is just one version. The commercial version just comes with support.

I suppose you can get the support anytime you want. If you didn’t configure it properly, or get something other wrong, it might be more complicated to fix it than taking their support in the first place.

Yes, there are just some legal limits, so you can’t say I’m Nextcloud or the official Nextcloud. There are plenty of Nextcloud hoster, I don’t know how many have bought in official support as well. Would be great if such hosters could at least help with maintenance of some apps or documentation or anything to help out the community.

Marc_Muc · November 23, 2020, 5:53am

Sorry my mistake, of course I mean the version that can be downloaded from the official Nextcloud website.

Can you give me a link where I can read under what conditions I can use Nextcloud commercially.
And of course I like to help if I can.

KarlF12 · November 23, 2020, 10:30am

github.com

nextcloud/server/blob/master/COPYING

                    GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
                       Version 3, 19 November 2007

 Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>
 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
 of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.

                            Preamble

  The GNU Affero General Public License is a free, copyleft license for
software and other kinds of works, specifically designed to ensure
cooperation with the community in the case of network server software.

  The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed
to take away your freedom to share and change the works.  By contrast,
our General Public Licenses are intended to guarantee your freedom to
share and change all versions of a program--to make sure it remains free
software for all its users.

  When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not

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Marc_Muc · November 23, 2020, 1:26pm

Thanks alot KarlF12 and tflidd.

Have a great day.