A question on Pentahol license

S

satimis

Hi folks,


Has any folk used Pentahol before? Is Pentahol free to use?


I read;
Pentaho BI Platform License FAQ
Pentaho Commercial Open Source Business Intelligence - Pentaho BI Platform License FAQ

On "Why is Pentaho using the General Public License (GPL) for the Pentaho BI Platform?" it says;
Code: 
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The GPL is well understood by the market and the legal community and has notable precedents such as MySQL, Java and the Linux kernel as GPL-licensed projects
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and expect to clarify whehter I can download and run "Pentaho", free of charge, similar to MySQL, JAVA, Linux Kernel, etc. Its users are at liberty to subscribe paid technical support which is NOT compulsory as a condition using Pentahol. Please shed me some light. TIA


B.R.
satimis
 
You should get legal advice from a lawyer, not an online forum.

That said, for many projects that have a hybrid licensing model, the "community" edition is meant to be given away for free.
 
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