FS Auth - About non-commercial verses Professional license products

FS Auth - About non-commercial verses Professional license products

Problem

When purchasing an new product/upgrade or SMA one may wish to understand the difference between non-commercial and Professional license tiers in Freedom Scientific products JAWS/Fusion.  

Applies to

  1. JAWS
  2. Fusion

Resolution

Since version 15.0 Freedom Scientific Licensing for JAWS/ZoomText/Fusion software has two main tiers;  non-commercial and professional license tiers.  Their appropriateness depends mostly on the context the software is used.
  1. A Professional license for a Freedom Scientific product JAWS/Fusion is necessary when the software is installed and used on hardware that is owned and managed by an organisation/business/school.
  2. A non-commercial license is only appropriate for use home setting where the user owns and controls their own computer and JAWS is not used in connection with work.