Explain Developer License Please

[Mike]

Hi there,

I am a Sitefinity user. We have successfully used and integrated Sitefinity into one of our many website we develop and maintain. I am now looking into purchasing the RadControls to be used in our non-Sitefinity web applications as i have fallen in love with them (they super awesome!) :)...

I'm trying to figure out the Developer License with Subscription and Priority Support for $999. How does this license work? It says only 1 developer can use it... but we are in a team development environment; i might be the only developer developing with the license but other developers might need to run these websites on their local dev machines in order to develop other areas of the site (not necessarily the RadControls), will the sites cease to function on other development machines?

Then i noticed it says "Unlimited Deployments"... Does this mean after purchasing this license we can use the RadControls on any/all of our websites?

Could someone please explain how the licensing actualy works here? Is it similar to a "company wide license" where all developers in the company can use and develop with the license but the "1 developer" rule is so that the software isn't distributed outside of the company? I guess i need some further clarification of how we are restricted with this...

Thanks,

Duncan

[Mike]

Also,

If i begin developing with the trial software, what are the restrictions here? And am i able to upgrade once a license is purchased?

Duncan

[Petia]

Hi Duncan,

Our licensing for the UI controls is developer based, which means that each license gives one developer the right to work with our products at design time. It is not a site license, and all developers that work with the controls in design time (visual Studio like environment) need a license. (Please note that team members that are working on the project, but not with our controls do not need a license. For more details, please see here: http://blogs.telerik.com/vassilterziev/posts/08-01-15/telerik_licensing_demystified.aspx.

Here is an excerpt from our EULA, detailing what is meant by developer license:

2. DEVELOPER LICENSE

The SOFTWARE is licensed per Developer seat. This means that each individual using or otherwise accessing the SOFTWARE for development purposes must obtain the right to do so by purchasing an individual product license.

You may make copies on more than one computer, as long as the use of the SOFTWARE is by the same licensed developer. The SOFTWARE is in "use" on a computer when it is loaded into temporary memory (i.e. RAM) or installed into permanent memory (e.g. hard disk or other storage device) of that computer for development purposes. If you install the SOFTWARE on a network server for the sole purpose of internal distribution among licensed developers this is not considered "use" of the SOFTWARE, so long as each individual developer has purchased a license

As for the using the trial license it is granted  for evaluation purposes only. You are authorized to install, copy, and use the SOFTWARE for the sole purpose of testing its functionality. You are not allowed to integrate it in end products or use it for any commercial or productive purpose.

On how to upgrade from trial to licensed version, please see here: http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/installupgrading.html

Kind regards,
Petia
the Telerik team

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