: Does charging to install Magento violate its license? I have been doing webdesign for a small business in Denmark, which already has a deal with a larger company to create the final site. Among
I have been doing webdesign for a small business in Denmark, which already has a deal with a larger company to create the final site.
Among this company's proposal, I see that they charge a rather large fee for installing Magento on my clients server, and an additional fee to integrate the design.
The Same company forbids my client from having FTP or similar access to the server, and they are therefore not able to install this themselves.
My question is: is resale of the Magento really allowed by the licence? This company wants to charge a rather steep amount for even installing a blank version of it, no Magento-licencing included.
I have looked larger company up, and this company does NOT have a standing licence for Magento. And even if they got one, I have a sneaky feeling that something is legal is wrong with the licencing here.
The reason I share this with you is that I have a guts feeling that I should raise some critical questions and suggest that my client use another company for their website. I need to be certain that I'm on the right side.
The IT company has no partnership with Magento or Varien, and have a somewhat tarnished reputation already.
I have mailed Magento about this, but have not had any response yet.
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A company can charge whatever they want to install software, regardless of the software licence. They are selling a service, not a product. I could charge ,000 to install WordPress, for example,without violating the software licence (although I never would, because it's both immoral and exploitative).
Note also that Magento Community Edition is released under the Open Software Licence, which allows it to be resold, so - in this case - they're perfectly within their rights to charge for the product too if they so wish .
If your client is being charged a crazy fee for the product, you might point out that they can download it free of charge. And if the installation cost seems unfairly high, it would not be a bad thing to explain that they might be overpaying for the service.
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