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December 02, 2009 4:52pm
Subscribe [4]#1 / Dec 02, 2009 4:52pm
I would like to use EE for an online store I am working on. It is just me and I am the only employee running it and will be programming it myself. Is this covered by the Freelancer License. I am guessing that as long as I am under 3 people this is the case?
#2 / Dec 02, 2009 5:07pm
The Freelancer License may only be used for your own professional web presence, and only be purchased by individuals or businesses with three employees or less. You will have to decide whether that describes your situation correctly, or not.
#3 / Dec 02, 2009 5:08pm
I would like to use EE for an online store I am working on. It is just me and I am the only employee running it and will be programming it myself. Is this covered by the Freelancer License. I am guessing that as long as I am under 3 people this is the case?
Yes.
#4 / Dec 02, 2009 5:10pm
Thank you Leslie for the clarification.
#5 / Dec 02, 2009 5:17pm
Thank you Leslie for the clarification.
We know this license will probably come up with grey areas a lot, so if there are vague answers at first its because we’re learning how to position it.
The purpose is to allow web pros to use EE for their online presence. That might not be exactly your use case, but clearly you are a web pro and its your store and we don’t want to get into the habit of being license police. So if the store is your online presence, go for it.
#6 / Dec 03, 2009 4:30am
Leslie,
To clarify, the web presence doesn’t actually have to be a web presence that *advertises your services making EE sites for others* in order to qualify?
Thanks,
Matt
#7 / Dec 03, 2009 7:18pm
Leslie,
To clarify, the web presence doesn’t actually have to be a web presence that *advertises your services making EE sites for others* in order to qualify?
Thanks,
Matt
That is the intent Matt. But its kinda hard to qualify without sounding like subjective jerks.
Person A: I’m sorry, you are not a real web professional cause the site you want to build doesn’t match our license description.
Person B: You are a real web pro, go for it!
But the intent of the Freelancer is to get EE into the hands of web pros who want to use to establish their professional web presence. During the beta we’re feeling out how this plays out and may adjust from there. We don’t want to be license police and we definitely don’t want to get into the business of a license deciding a person’s “pro-ness”. 😊
#8 / Dec 04, 2009 5:29am
This is promising. In addition to my web work, I also have a website that sells a variation of font packages (currently Zencart powered). The site works well as is but I’d like to move it to EE to have more granular control over appearance. I’d be quite happy to advertise as being powered by EE.