Messages from Usenet group comp.lang.idl-pvwave, compiled by Paulo Penteado
> I have IDL here and I am wanting to write an application over the next > year which others can use. It will have a GUI front end. If I want > to write this and distribute it to others, what are the ramifications? The major ramification is usually embarrassment when you find out all those CDs you just wrote contain code with a serious bug in it. :-( > Can I > > 1) put application on a disc (idl licenses?) > i need to complile for windows and unix seprataley i assume? > can the application be used without the users having idl licenses > If people are going to go the licensing route, they > typically use run-time licenses, since these are much > cheaper than full licenses. And, yes, you add the <run-time licenses directly to the CD containing your <program. You won't have to compile separately (assuming <the application is IDL code), but you will <have to have the correct type of license packaged with <the application. This is machine-specific, I think. thanks <If users don't have IDL licenses, they can use the IDL <Virtual Machine to run your program. They have to put <up with an RSI splash screen to do so, but you didn't expect <something for nothing, did you? :-) > 2) allow external users to log in to a unix box to use? > This doesn't help anything unless that UNIX box has > an IDL license on it. it does, but just wondering if letting someone else use my idl license remotely is ok or not russ