- Obsidian 在个人使用方面，非常宽松，甚至佛系，不像某些产品那样，使劲推广来提升付费转化率。
- 但在商用许可方面，却非常严格，用详细的举例进行了限制。
- 所以，尽管我：获赠过商用许可；付费过 Publish；也是 VIP 级别的赞助用户，
- 但我只用 Obsidian 做其他记录；而用 Vim 或 Logseq 来处理工作内容；基本不向职场人士推荐Obsidian；也经常纠正别人对 Obsidian 免费 的扩大化理解。
早期很多用户所处的矛盾——Obsidian要收费，但公司不愿付费——因 Obsidian 这一调整而消融。问题解决了。感谢 Obsidian ~
- Obsidian 的商用许可，还是很成功的。比如，Amazon 采购了 1万+ 商用许可；1k+ 的有 Google 等 2 家；500+ 的有 Meta 等 4 家……
为了存档，原文也保存如下
kepano 2025-02-20
Starting today, the Obsidian Commercial license is optional. Anyone can use Obsidian for work, for free. If Obsidian benefits your organization, you can still purchase Commercial licenses to support development.
Nothing else is changing. No account required, no ads, no tracking, no strings attached. Your data remains fully in your control, stored locally in plain text Markdown files. All features are available to you for free without limits.
Why make this change? Simplicity. The Commercial license terms were confusing and added unnecessary complexity to our pricing. Furthermore, as the Obsidian Manifesto states: “we believe that everyone should have the tools to think clearly and organize ideas effectively”. This change brings us closer to that principle.
People in over 10,000 organizations use Obsidian. Many work in high-security environments, like government, cybersecurity, healthcare, and finance. Some of the largest organizations in the world, including Amazon and Google, have thousands of employees using Obsidian every day. These teams rely on Obsidian to think more effectively and keep total ownership over private data.
Previously, people at companies with two or more employees were required to purchase a Commercial license to use Obsidian for work. Going forward, the Commercial license is no longer required, but remains an optional way for organizations to support Obsidian, similar to the Catalyst license for individuals.
Organizations that support Obsidian are now featured on the Obsidian Enterprise page. Your organization can be showcased by purchasing 25 licenses or more.
Along with Commercial and Catalyst support, our add-on services, Sync and Publish help Obsidian remain 100% user-supported. In the future, we hope to offer more services designed for teams. As always, these will be optional.
