| Re: idl and licenses [message #41890] |
Sun, 05 December 2004 06:38 |
George N. White III
Messages: 56
Registered: September 2000
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On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, David Fanning wrote:
> And, anyway, IDL licenses seem to look out for themselves
> pretty well. I had a conversation a month or so ago with
> a scientist from a former world power that is struggling
> to pay its scientists a living wage, let alone provide them
> with software. These guys are pretty adept, as I understand it,
> at getting software at, uh, a steep discount. But they don't
> use IDL, and they would like to. :-)
Let them use GDL and put those programming talents to constructive uses
(improving GDL and making RSI work harder to keep up). Having been burned
in the past when good products (Macsyma) became unavailable, many people
are reluctant to get involved with single-vendor languages. RSI/IDL will
benefit from the larger community of people familiar with the IDL/GDL
language. RSI should be thinking about ways to make core IDL more open
thru community involvment in a standard for the core language, and
concentrate on adding value to their IDL product.
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George N. White III <aa056@chebucto.ns.ca>
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| Re: idl and licenses [message #41892 is a reply to message #41890] |
Fri, 03 December 2004 06:03  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Russ writes:
> but seriously, what i am writing is expected to be used by people in
> industry, civil servants, MPs, public forums etc. I can't really do
> anything dodgy. What I really wanted was to have the code sitting on
> my machine somewhere so i can do the support, others, 'stakeholders'
> could log in to use it. the answers are simple so bandwidth isnt a
> problem. (the code evolves the UK housing stock,
> demolitions/building, double glazing etc etc to see what regulations
> are going to help us meet our emmissions targets - out of interest).
Many people use properly licensed IDL servers to interact
with the public though web pages, etc. I'm no lawyer, but
I'm certain you are breaking no licensing agreement by
doing so. This is what people buy licenses *for*.
And, anyway, IDL licenses seem to look out for themselves
pretty well. I had a conversation a month or so ago with
a scientist from a former world power that is struggling
to pay its scientists a living wage, let alone provide them
with software. These guys are pretty adept, as I understand it,
at getting software at, uh, a steep discount. But they don't
use IDL, and they would like to. :-)
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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| Re: idl and licenses [message #41896 is a reply to message #41892] |
Fri, 03 December 2004 03:12 |
rlayberry
Messages: 33
Registered: November 2004
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David Fanning <davidf@dfanning.com> wrote in message news:<MPG.1c18c01665371e2c989892@news.frii.com>...
> Russ writes:
>
>> it does, but just wondering if letting someone else use my idl license
>> remotely is ok or not
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> I think the license that does the iris scan
> is not scheduled for release until IDL 7. I
> think you are fine. :-)
yes, very good!
but seriously, what i am writing is expected to be used by people in
industry, civil servants, MPs, public forums etc. I can't really do
anything dodgy. What I really wanted was to have the code sitting on
my machine somewhere so i can do the support, others, 'stakeholders'
could log in to use it. the answers are simple so bandwidth isnt a
problem. (the code evolves the UK housing stock,
demolitions/building, double glazing etc etc to see what regulations
are going to help us meet our emmissions targets - out of interest).
cheers
russ
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| Re: idl and licenses [message #41901 is a reply to message #41896] |
Thu, 02 December 2004 05:01 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Russ writes:
> it does, but just wondering if letting someone else use my idl license
> remotely is ok or not
I think the license that does the iris scan
is not scheduled for release until IDL 7. I
think you are fine. :-)
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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