On 09/05/2013 06:58 PM, Tom Guptill wrote:
One issue I can think of is that some probes are hosted on networks which are subsidized by public money partly on the condition that they not be used for commercial purposes.
slightly related, or perhaps more generally, folks might object to the probe they stick in their network being used commercially, for several reasons (principle, contracts, etc). I don't think I would, but I don't think it is what people signed up for :)
Of course you can interpret "used for commercial purposes" in more than one way (research projects can have commercial partners), but it is something to keep in mind - actually making a direct profit off of the use of a non-commercial network might be stretching the rules too far.
Conceivably this could be a hosting option for your probe ([] this probe may be used for commercial services), but then again, that could open up a can of worms as well (why make the distinction solely at commercial/noncommercial, and indeed, what is commercial in the first place). Jelte