RE: #LICENSING: Question about TortoiseSVN licensing

Mr. Archer, good morning. I hope this message finds you well.

Right after sending the question I've located the software documentation and read the licensing section (i.e. both files: "TortoiseSVN-1.8.5-pt_BR.pdf" and "TortoiseSVN-1.8.5-en.pdf") where I found the licensing information we were looking for.

Licensing is something we take care very thoroughly, therefore, at the same time I was looking for the licensing information, I have sent the question in order to have a formal response from the responsible for TortoiseSVN before permitting our developers to install and use the tool. We always ask the company responsible for the software for licensing details, and study the licensing information, before downloading and/or installing software classed as free in order to be sure that the software we're looking for is free for both home and corporate usage and, this way, avoid any kind of misunderstandings related to software licensing.

Anyway, thank you for the advice.

Regards,

          Daniel Bruno IT Governance Manager

             [FCB Brasil] <http://www.fcbbrasil.com.br/> [Av. das Nações Unidas 12.901, 22º andar, Torre Norte, Brooklin, São Paulo, SP, CEP 04578-910 T +55 11 2186 0690 C +55 11 98693 9887 F +55 11 2186 0900 fcbbrasil.com.br]

From: Bob Archer [mailto:Bob.Archer_at_amsi.com]
Sent: sexta-feira, 28 de março de 2014 10:58
To: users; Andy Levy
Cc: DRF SPL A12901 GOVERNANCE
Subject: RE: #LICENSING: Question about TortoiseSVN licensing

You should really read the license rather than take the word of some anonymous person on a mail list.

From: Bruno, Daniel (SPL-FCB) [mailto:Daniel.Bruno_at_fcb.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 5:43 PM
To: Andy Levy; users_at_tortoisesvn.tigris.org<mailto:users_at_tortoisesvn.tigris.org>
Cc: DRF SPL A12901 GOVERNANCE
Subject: RE: #LICENSING: Question about TortoiseSVN licensing

Hello Andy, good afternoon.

Thank you very much for the information.

All the best!

          Daniel Bruno IT Governance Manager

             [FCB Brasil] <http://www.fcbbrasil.com.br/> [Av. das Nações Unidas 12.901, 22º andar, Torre Norte, Brooklin, São Paulo, SP, CEP 04578-910 T +55 11 2186 0690 C +55 11 98693 9887 F +55 11 2186 0900 fcbbrasil.com.br]

From: Andy Levy [mailto:andy.levy_at_gmail.com]
Sent: quinta-feira, 27 de março de 2014 17:55
To: users
Cc: DRF SPL A12901 GOVERNANCE
Subject: Re: #LICENSING: Question about TortoiseSVN licensing

On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Bruno, Daniel (SPL-FCB) <Daniel.Bruno_at_fcb.com<mailto:Daniel.Bruno_at_fcb.com>> wrote:
Good afternoon. I hope this message finds you well.

We are looking for starting using TortoiseSVN so we need to know if the licenses are free for corporate utilization.
If not so, please let us know the licensing models/costs and how to proceed.

There is no cost for any usage of TortoiseSVN. Per http://tortoisesvn.net/features.html:

It is developed under the GPL. Which means it is completely free, including the source code. But just in case you don't know the GPL too well: you can use TortoiseSVN to develop commercial applications or just use it in your company without any restrictions.

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