I am a great believer in the power of open source and an open community where content is shared, peer reviewed and improved continuously.
Therefore, all my scripts / solutions are free to use as long as you’re not making money out of it, directly or indirectly.
I define making money out of my script as Commercial use, which means using my work as part of a service or product that is being paid for by someone.
For example:
- a managed service provider using my scripts in their customer environments
- a global IT organization that handles IT for subsidiaries, for which they are compensated
- a software company that (re)uses (parts of) my scripts in their commercial software or internal tools used to help paying customers
- situations where my scripts are used in migrations or conversions for paid products or services
- a staffing company, where their staff implements my scripts at customer sites where the customer pays (directly or indirectly) for their hours
- IT contractors that implement my solutions for their customers
Here my work helps create monetary value and it is fair to ask for a (small) piece of the pie to support future work, improvements, advice, support, etc etc.
If you wish to use my work in a commercial context, you pay yearly or purchase an unlimited license (perpetual, does not expire) based on your Tier.
Tiers are defined as ‘users affected or targeted’ and structured as follows:
When upgrading tiers, the previous payment may be substracted from the price.
A purchase applies to all current and future work published publicly on this blog. So you only pay one fee for everything I’ve ever published.
For (verified) NGO’s and educational institutions, a 75% discount applies.
Send an email to josliebennu (which is an email address if you put the right characters between SL and NN) stating:
- the desired Tier
- your business name
- business address
- VAT number (only if European)
You’ll receive an invoice within 2 business days.
Test and trial use
If you wish to try any of my scripts or tools first, you can do so before purchasing a license without notice or approval for a maximum period of 2 months.