I would like to ask Neo4j's official representatives about Neo4j's licenses, especially Personal License.
My situation is that I'm a master's student of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. We are planning and soon, I hope, implementing a smart city: http://www3.jkl.fi/blogit/kangasjyvaskyla/?page_id=489 I'm doing my master's thesis related to this project, although I'm not officially a part of it. However, I'm studying different database options for our smart city, and Neo4j is one of our main candidates. Hence, we would like to see what Neo4j is capable of. We would like to evaluate it, e.g., its performance and scalability. I'm afraid that evaluating Neo4j's scalability isn't possible with Community Edition, for it doesn't seem to offer clustering as e.g., Personal License. So, a few questions about Personal License: About section 2(a): From what I can gather, Neo4j can be run in maximum three (3) instances at a time. Correct me if I'm wrong. I assume that Startup Program and Enterprise Subscriptions don't have this limitation. Once again, correct me if I'm wrong. About sections 3 and 4(b): Is it up to the licensee when and how he will perform the community contributions? Writing a few blog posts is fine by me, and the third contribution could be e.g., my thesis, from what I can gather. However, I would like to know if there are any requirements for these contributions and what is their deadline. Related to the community contributions, a question about section 2(e): Is the licensee allowed to use e.g., Neo4j's logo and screenshots of Neo4j in e.g., blog posts, presentations, texts, etc.? Related to the qualification and section 6(b): Is it possible to enroll for Personal License as a private person? Or does the licensee always have to represent some company? Im asking about this, for I don't have any company. I'm only a university student, however, the 'Company Name' field seems to be mandatory. I could, of course, write my university's name in the field, however, I have to emphasize that I'm only a university student without any official connections to our smart city project. I don't have any employees, independent contractors, and/or other persons engaged to perform services for me, no funding, and no annual sales gross revenues. So, can I enroll for Personal License as a private person or is my university my 'company' here? Is there any other things I should be aware of if I enroll for Personal License? In brief, I understand the license so that I can run Neo4j in maximum three (3) instances at a time, I have to perform at least three (3) community contributions, treating Neo4j respectably in them, and there shouldn't be any problems. Finally, I would like to know about Neo4j's further licensing. It would be nice to know about Neo4j's Enterprise Subscriptions, e.g., their possible prices (estimates) and terms. Could someone explain them to me in brief – plainly and clearly? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Neo4j" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
