[atlas] Using Atlas for commercial services
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Jelte
tjeb at tjeb.nl
Thu Sep 5 19:50:12 CEST 2013
On 09/05/2013 06:58 PM, Tom Guptill wrote: > > One issue I can think of is that some probes are hosted on networks > which are subsidized by public money partly on the condition that > they not be used for commercial purposes. > slightly related, or perhaps more generally, folks might object to the probe they stick in their network being used commercially, for several reasons (principle, contracts, etc). I don't think I would, but I don't think it is what people signed up for :) > Of course you can interpret "used for commercial purposes" in more > than one way (research projects can have commercial partners), but > it is something to keep in mind - actually making a direct profit > off of the use of a non-commercial network might be stretching the > rules too far. > Conceivably this could be a hosting option for your probe ([] this probe may be used for commercial services), but then again, that could open up a can of worms as well (why make the distinction solely at commercial/noncommercial, and indeed, what is commercial in the first place). Jelte
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