Timeline for Is it "Commercial Use" when I use an image viewer software on a company laptop, but only for private purposes?
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| Jul 21, 2022 at 13:32 | comment | added | brhans | I meant the legal risk to the company from the use of software with such a license on company equipment. The fact the you would use this software on company equipment would make it the company's problem to defend against the software's creator if they should decide to make an issue of it. From the company's point of view, that should be an unnecessary risk, and they should ask you not to use that software on their equipment (if they have any sense). | |
| Jul 21, 2022 at 13:07 | comment | added | Honza Zidek | @brhans Oh, now I realize that I might have misunderstood your comment! By the "unnecessary risk", did you mean "technical risk in using the company laptop for personal use", or "legal risk in using software with such licensing policy"? | |
| Jul 21, 2022 at 12:11 | comment | added | Honza Zidek | @brhans At least in my social bubble it's absolutely normal that IT companies tolerate their programmers the personal use of the company laptop. If my employer forbade me this, I would just change the employer. Programmers are generally tolerated to use the company laptops at least to browse the internet and watch movies and their personal photos. | |
| Jul 20, 2022 at 16:20 | comment | added | brhans | Whether or not it's technically "commercial use" should probably be irrelevant to your company, because what it almost certainly is is an "unnecessary risk". Any half-way competent IT manager should tell you "don't do that" to avoid any possibility of the company getting into trouble... | |
| Jul 19, 2022 at 19:24 | comment | added | Weather Vane | And anyway: FastStone will show thumbnails of adjacent folders. It won't know which are yours and which are the company's. But first, you must ask the company about using their property for personal use (and risking their data too). | |
| Jul 19, 2022 at 16:26 | comment | added | Stuart F | What happens if it associates itself with image file types and accidentally opens a file while at work, or a work-related file at any time? Some sorts of software might obviously have no relation to your work - e.g. if you install software to control your knitting machine and your work does not involve knitting - but an image viewer is far too general for it to be clearly not work related. | |
| Jul 19, 2022 at 15:08 | comment | added | Hagen von Eitzen | Then again, if it is decreed that using that viewer is not private use, the implication is that you viewing your personal photos on the company computer is not private use?! | |
| Jul 19, 2022 at 15:04 | comment | added | Peter M | IMHO By having that software on your work laptop it is reasonable for Fastone to ask the question "Is it for personal use?", at which point, yes, it is up to you (and your company) to prove that it is only being used for personal use. Try to imagine how you would explain it to a judge, when they don't know or care what your role technically is. Of course that is predicated on Fastone being 1) aware of your usage, and 2) caring enough to ask the question. | |
| Jul 19, 2022 at 14:49 | comment | added | Honza Zidek | @PeterM Is it me who has to prove it? Is the fact that the software is installed on my work computer a sufficient proof that I am using it for "commercial use", if I am a backend programmer and my work does not consist of any picture handling? | |
| Jul 19, 2022 at 13:50 | comment | added | Peter M | I know that is unlikely to be discovered, but how would you prove that software installed on your company laptop is not being used for comercial purposes? | |
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| S Jul 19, 2022 at 11:03 | history | asked | Honza Zidek | CC BY-SA 4.0 |