| Re: applications guis and licenses [message #41919] |
Wed, 01 December 2004 05:08 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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russ writes:
> 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
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> 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.
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.
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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