I'm looking for a free remote access software, something that I can use commercially without any problems. I want to be able to provide software support for people abroad, commercially. Anything open source maybe?
Free remote access software needed
I use Team Viewer. It's pretty good. You can use it for personal use for free but you have to pay for commercial use (But you can just install it as a personal user and use it for free)
There's TightVNC (But I don't know if it supports online access, I have only used it in LAN)
You can also use Windows's defaul Remote Access Tool, where the user must send you a file and you just open it up and you'll have access.
There's TightVNC (But I don't know if it supports online access, I have only used it in LAN)
You can also use Windows's defaul Remote Access Tool, where the user must send you a file and you just open it up and you'll have access.
@AvoK95, thanks, but I really need something that is open source. I'm trying to play by the real rules here, and want to do commercial support for people abroad, so I need something free and legit. By the way, can I use a GNU software commercially if it has no commercial license fee?
Try and see TightVNC. I think it's open source.
Yeah, I stumbled upon that one. It clearly says GPL and GNU, and there's commercial licensing down at the bottom. I browsed around, apparently there's a fee. Sent an email to support and waiting. Any other suggestions in the mean time? And thanks again AvoK95.
@Nabs: About GNU and GPL.
GNU is a project that promotes the idea of free software, an idea which was the major inspiration for Open Source which came years later.
GPL is a legal document written by the people behind GNU (the Free Software Foundation). It's a software license that implements the ideas of free software as well. Mainly that users should be free to modify and distribute software as they please.
You can do business using open source/free software without any problem. Commercial licenses are something different. GPL has one main restriction: as a programmer, if you modify the code you have to publish your modifications under the GPL as well. Some commercial software companies don't want that. (For instance if you want to include TightVNC in your product but don't want to make your product open source), this is where the commercial licenses come in.
If what you want to do is use TightVNC without modifications and sell support on top of it, you're 100% free to do so. From this page (emphasis mine):
GNU is a project that promotes the idea of free software, an idea which was the major inspiration for Open Source which came years later.
GPL is a legal document written by the people behind GNU (the Free Software Foundation). It's a software license that implements the ideas of free software as well. Mainly that users should be free to modify and distribute software as they please.
You can do business using open source/free software without any problem. Commercial licenses are something different. GPL has one main restriction: as a programmer, if you modify the code you have to publish your modifications under the GPL as well. Some commercial software companies don't want that. (For instance if you want to include TightVNC in your product but don't want to make your product open source), this is where the commercial licenses come in.
If what you want to do is use TightVNC without modifications and sell support on top of it, you're 100% free to do so. From this page (emphasis mine):
TightVNC is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License (usually referred to as GPL). This is the primary type of licensing, you do not have to pay for it or enter into any special agreement. Just download the software and use it for any legally allowed purposes, including commercial use.
@Rahmu, thanks for the clarification.
I just received email from TightVNC support. They said I only needed permission to change the code, but other than that, I am free to use the software commercially for free. Thanks. Issue resolved, basically. Gotta try the software now,
I just received email from TightVNC support. They said I only needed permission to change the code, but other than that, I am free to use the software commercially for free. Thanks. Issue resolved, basically. Gotta try the software now,
I recommend Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Connection application. Comes installed in Windows by default. If you can VPN into the client's network, you can access any of their computers remotely.
Another option is Ammyy. It is like teamviewer but they allow you to use it in businesses.
Another option is Ammyy. It is like teamviewer but they allow you to use it in businesses.
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Microsoft Remote Desktop is free and has the best performance if your host is a Window machine (there are clients for other platforms). If the host is running something else go for VNC (TightVNC has probably better performance).
You'll need a connection with good latency anyway.
You'll need a connection with good latency anyway.