On Wed Oct 31, 2007 at 11:26:11AM +0100, Christian wrote: > hello, > > hopefully my question doesn't sound too stupid but I'd like to know if > the usage of the VNC free edition is also free for companies. I > clicked through the pages but didn't find anything about this. we > would like to provide the "show my pc" service (which uses vnc) to our > costumers and I'm not sure if this is legal to do. > The free version is released under the GPL and is entirely free for anyone (commercial or otherwise) to use. The only real restriction is if you choose to modify the source code. In this case you must make the modified source code available to anyone you distribute the modified binary to.
However, be aware that the free version does no encryption at all (beyond the initial password handshake) so anyone can sniff the traffic and reconstruct the session (including any key presses sent). If this is an issue then you should either use the enterprise version (which does include encryption) or use an encrypted tunnel of some sort (VPN, ssh, zebedee, etc). > maybe somebody of you can provide a link for me, which I can refer to. > The license is stated on the download page (http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/download.html). HTH, Robin -- ___ ( ' } | Robin Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | / / ) | Little Jim says .... | // !! | "He fallen in de water !!" | [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature] _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
