Tagette Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 I want to use BitTorrent Sync for a company I'm starting up. We are an indie game development company and are looking for a solution to sync our media files such as textures, audio and videos without clogging up the repository with unnecessary files.I was wondering what the rules are for development in an independent company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crash893 Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 I've been using it for my company for a while to move backup files offiste. I've never seen any disclamer or legal terms that would prevent you using it commercially Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tagette Posted July 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 (edited) I've been using it for my company for a while to move backup files offiste. I've never seen any disclamer or legal terms that would prevent you using it commercially In their EULA under license it says non-commercial. "Subject to your compliance with these terms and conditions, BitTorrent, Inc. grants you a royalty-free, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Software, solely for your personal, non-commercial purposes. BitTorrent, Inc. reserves all rights in the Software not expressly granted to you here."I was wondering if this prevents companies from using their software as an internal tool. Could we get in trouble for using their software? Edited July 31, 2014 by Tagette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piotrnik Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 You could submit for an api key, I believe that officially allows commercial use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest proactiveservices Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 My understanding of the Sync API terms are that the commercial use allowance a) only applies to software using your own in-house developed application via the API and commercial use is "likely [to] change in the future". You also may not use any API-integrated software with any NAS or other devices. I believe this effectively means that using BitTorrent Sync for commercial purposes is prohibited, as use of BTSync itself is not explicitly stated in the API terms - only use of the API and software that uses the API is permitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journeyman Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Perhaps you should keep an eye on this thread regarding business use. I'm hoping RomanZ will have an answer for us soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tagette Posted August 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 After emailing syncbiz@bittorrent.com I received an email which states: We are actually in the process of setting up a new EULA for customers such as yourself who would like to use Sync in a business environment. We will be offering some early adopter pricing while the product is still in Beta that will be good for 1 year, include support and all updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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