Hi,

The term, is covered in our https://developer.vuforia.com/legal/vuforia-developer-agreement, search for publishing.

I guess after reading the above, you will have more questions :) so I will try to provide some advice. 

I would say whatever falls into the category of Product Development cycle would be ok to share.

For example you have a team of 10 people working on the app and installing it on different devices to test it etc. This is certainly allowed and recommended. Do you want to send your customer the apk file to show him the progress/ for him to the test it. Yes. You share your app with friends for feedback, also ok.

The key is not to abuse it. If you are saying you have a testing team made out of 200 people, that's not going to fly ;)

Hope this helps.

Vuforia Engine Support

P.S. In regards to your initial post/use-case please visit our new academic offering, https://www.ptc.com/en/academic-program/academic-products, maybe they can provide a free license for that use-case.

Hi @mcotora - thanks for getting back to me. I looked at the FAQ and see what it is saying but it also doesn't really answer my question so I'll see if I can word it better:

With the free license can you share .apk files made with Unity to people who want to see what you have made so you can demo/showcase projects - not ones published to any storefront but rather "here is a cool thing I made check it out"

In terms of this question, what constitutes "publishing"?

Thanks

Thank you!  I'll do that.

Hi @matijf,

Unfortunately I don't know how to interpret it, my advice would be to contact https://engine.vuforia.com/contact/contact-sales

Thank you.

Vuforia Engine Support

Hi @mcotora,

thank you for answering Room40West`s question, but unfortunately your answer doesn't cover my problem.

We do not intend to provide an Apk download. The App won't be available for the public, and will only be installed on a small number of devices, which belong to the non-profit organisation.

Does this mean it's neither published nor commercialized?

 

Hi @Room4West

Under https://library.vuforia.com/content/vuforia-library/en/articles/FAQ/Pricing-and-Deployment-Plans.html we have the section Can I create an app at no charge? which I believe covers your questions.

Thank you.

Vuforia Engine Support

I Have a similar question (I hope you don't mind me adding on to this thread matijf - if you do I will delete and make my own):

As a hobbyist learning Vuforia to get a job in AR, does the free license permit me to show my work to family/friends/employers by sharing an .apk file made using Unity/Vuforia if it is a non commercial or demo application? Having to pay for the license just to be able to share small projects (not on the app store) kind of puts Vuforia out of my reach at the moment.

Thanks.