Toby
Waterhole
Founder
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Subarist
Subarist
May 26, 2023
Subarist
Subarist
"Free to try locally" means that the deployed website cannot be accessed or tested by other users, is that correct? If the hosting is on the Oracle Cloud, how would I access the testing site in that c...
From the Software License:
- Free Trial: Any person may use the Software in an environment that is purely for the purposes of development and client preview, and only accessible by a restricted number of users (like on a personal computer, on a server in a network with restricted access, or when protecting a staging website with a password that only a restricted number of users know).
In other words, trialling Waterhole in a staging environment (whether it's local or not) is permitted 
Note that the license validator will yell at you because it can't tell between staging vs production, but otherwise the software will function nominally.
I was quite happy to have my question answered by a legendary figure. I have a relatively inactive Flarum and I think I'll perform a test migration to see how it will look on Waterhole. We are a non-English speaking community, and I believe it will take some time before we can use it in actual production. However, it seems that Waterhole already has the basic elements that I believe a forum should have at the moment. It's just for fun and curiosity, so I'll give it a try.