License for Avast home limits

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I’m interested if using of avast home edition (free) is legal on computer of my wife. License notice is quite unclear in my case.

My wife is a medium-school teacher working for non-profit school.
She uses her desktop for web browsing, developing her class documents, processing of class records, writing and printing educational papers.
School does not provide teachers with any software for out-of-office work.
Now trial Norton antivirus delivered with PC is getting out of date and I’m looking for moving to free version of avast.

Can someone tell me if using avast! Home Edition is legal in these condition or she should apply for professional version?

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Hmmm… sorry… seems the computer is used for non-home activities. I think you need go for pro at that computer.
Maybe you can receive a discount on sales (at) avast (dot) com :wink:

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thanks for reply Tech.

According to EULA (it was hard to find) to 4.8.1335 version
1. Use of the Software. You may: Install the Software in a single location on a hard disk or other storage device of all computers located in your HOME, which are used for NONCOMMERCIAL usage only.

It is installed at HOME and used for NONCOMMERCIAL purposes because school is public and it is non-profit organization.

Here stated:
avast! antivirus Home Edition is available free of charge for non-commercial home use ONLY. If you are not a home user or if you use your computer for business purposes, please download the avast! Professional Edition.
I’m not sure that in my case usage is “business” as business means profit.

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Hello morm,

as tech said,

I think you can contact the avast sales team.

nmb

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I’ll surely write them an email, but on this forum no one topic is regarding legal usage.
I think it would be interesting not only to me.

If I get some response to share - I’ll come back here.

Anyway if someone knows what is right decision here - please post here.

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sure come back and update us.

thanks

nmb

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I think that you may be out of luck on this one…

http://support.avast.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=36

"Commercial", using our definition, means ANY work done for a commercial aim (money is not the only issue, nor is profit so, for instance, non-profit charity work would be commercial in nature.)

Hobbies would be considered home use; except where such hobby is running a commercial business (again, money and profit are not relevant to the definition.)

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spg SCOTT is right,
I received email from sales and they say same things.

Anyway they offered discount.

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Welcome to the forums, morm. :slight_smile:

We are glad you got a response and that you were offered a discount.

Please come back often and learn more.

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There is an article Define commercial in the sense of non-commercial use of avast! Home Edition? in our knowledgebase written by our sales team.
http://support.avast.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=36

Define commercial in the sense of non-commercial use of avast! Home Edition?
“Commercial”, using our definition, would define ANY work done for a commercial aim (money is not the issue, nor is profit so, for instance, non-profit charity work would be commercial in nature.)

Hobbies would be considered home use; except where such hobby is running a commercial business (again, money and profit are not relevant to the definition.)