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It's much more nuanced than that... Sure, we can agree that if I host and charge users to use the service it is commercial usage... but:

  - If my limited company use it to manage internal development, but we aren't yet profitable (making money), is it commercial use?
  - If a company uses it to manage internal development, but it isn't the product itself, is it commercial use?
  - If I as an individual use it to manage a non-commercial side development project, and when it is then finished, I decide it is worth value and I sell it, does it become commercial usage, and my previous usage turns out to be non-compliant?
  - Is a charity using it to manage an internal development project "making money"?
  - If I as an individual provide a professional service to deploy this to "non-commercial" users, is this compliant by the license?
You really can drive a truck through the definition of "commercial use", it is nearly as bad as the original JSON license, which stated "The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil." - which is helluva subjective.


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