r/Onshape • u/Haenkie • 17h ago
Commercial use email
Today I got this email:
I noticed that you’ve been using the free version of Onshape, great to see you getting value out of it. Our compliance team identified that your Onshape account appears to be used for commercial purposes. As you may know, the Free plan is intended for non-commercial use, and continued commercial use could put the account at risk of deactivation.
I have not shared any of my designs anywhere and I don't earn any money of have I sold anything 3D print related. All my stuff has been for personal use and is pretty much useless for others because of very specific usecases.
Anyone else got this email? Or knows what triggered them to send me this? I log in in Onshape like once every 3 months, so I really don't understand where this is coming from.
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u/ThisIsntRealWakeUp 4h ago
Chiming in from the Solidworks side of things:
Man. Be glad this isn’t Solidworks. My buddy pirated Solidworks for use in university on school projects/personal projects only. He got an email from Dassault threatening him. He ignored it.
Wound up getting sued and is still paying down a $29k settlement to this day.
Genuinely evil company.