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Re:Show HN: Umbrel – A personal server OS for self-hosting by pengaru on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @04:24PM (#31659641)
> The license forbids me to hire another vendor to service the product. That is the definition of vendor lock-in.

Where in the license does it forbid such a thing? Commercial use != an individual paying for third party support/service/development.

Re:Show HN: Umbrel – A personal server OS for self-hosting by leodriesch on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @06:25PM (#31660776)
There is a License FAQ [0], in which it says:

> Selling Umbrel, including selling cloud-hosted instances with Umbrel or its derivates, home server hardware with Umbrel or its derivates, support services for Umbrel or its derivates, etc is not permitted under our license.

[0]: https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/wiki/License-FAQ

Re:Show HN: Umbrel – A personal server OS for self-hosting by tjbiddle on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @03:50AM (#31664502)
Sounds like it's against someone else selling Umbrel to you; Not you going to someone and saying "Set this up for me".
Re:Show HN: Umbrel – A personal server OS for self-hosting by ThePowerOfFuet on Thursday June 09, 2022 @12:25PM (#31683218)
That sounds like a support service for Umbrel.
Re:Show HN: Umbrel – A personal server OS for self-hosting by ensignavenger on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @05:34PM (#31660354)
I don't know what the intended definition of Commercial is, as it is not defined in the license, but the common definition is:

>> used for selling goods or providing services for money, rather than for personal use

(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/commerci...)

An individual being paid to provide a service is commercial under that, and most legal definitions of the word.

Re:Show HN: Umbrel – A personal server OS for self-hosting by slightwinder on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @07:25PM (#31661276)
> An individual being paid to provide a service is commercial under that, and most legal definitions of the word.

The license only forbids third-party to offer Umbrel by themselves. If you pay for hosting, and install it on your own, it would be fine.