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Hey there!

I teach graphic design at a local art college. One of the things I do is help graduating seniors in design build personal portfolio websites to facilitate launching themselves into the design working world. And the question that always comes up is what CMS to use. Since I am familiar with EE, it would make sense to show them how to set things up in EE.

So…Would personal licenses work? Or commercial?

FYI: Just to be clear…I am not talking about a multi-site, many students hosted together type of solution. Each student would have their own hosting and build an individual portfolio website (each with a separate EE install).

Thanks.

Hey Steven - they could start off the build during the course on EECore or personal to learn EE, but if they choose to actually launch and go into that design field, as the site would be to support a business they’ll need a commercial license.

So in brief, while we want to help support students that are going into web design - if they do end up launching a web design business, at that point they do need commercial.

I hope that helps clarify. =)

Thanks, Lisa. That helps, but I am still not totally clear.

The students are seeking design jobs with existing companies, so their sites are not really online “businesses”. They are more like sophisticated online resumes (resumes with portfolio images). Is this still considered commercial? How would you define personal use exactly? The lines seem kind of blurry to me.

Also I imagine you all have thought about the value (for you) that starting design students off with EE has? It could foster a comfort level with EE which would then lead to the use of EE in commercial projects when they enter the web design work force. You would essentially be gaining young EE evangelists. Adobe has a long history of doing exactly this kind of thing for art schools, and for that very reason…start ‘em off early and they are hooked for life.

Hi, Steven,

Two simple questions can help you determine what type of license you need.

1. Is the primary purpose of the site to make money?

2. Is the purpose of the site to support a legal business or professional service in any way?

If you answer yes to either of the above then you need a Commercial license.

So, for example, a non-profit taking donations, a personal site selling a t-shirt with the domain on it, etc… are all personal licenses. But a “brochure” style site about a business that doesn’t sell anything or display ads would still require a Commercial license since it supports a business.

Since these sites fall under 2: “to support… a professional service” this would be a commercial license.

As long as they are doing this as students, personal is fine.  But once they’re launched and being used for business-related purposes, commercial is needed.  In any case, at this point - could I ask you to email sales with a link to this thread as I would like to discuss this with you privately.

Thank you!