On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:32:10 -0800, Dick Applebaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As I understand, it you may *not* redistro he MM software in any form > under this agreement! > > Given that I would pose the same questions again, in a slightly > different way: > > 1)Does Macromedia have a licensing agreement that allows me to redistro > the CFMX 7 J2ee Developer Version ( the localhost plus 2 IPs version ) > as part of a package? > > 2) Does Macromedia have a licensing agreement that allows me to the > CFMX 7 J2ee Trial Version ( the 30-day version that reverts to 1 ) as > part of a package? > > 3) can the redistee buy and enter a valid license into either 1 or 2 > and have a full j2ee entrenprise version ? > > 4) are there any licensing fees or redistro restrictions on 1 or 2. > > 5) can/will Macromedia fix 1 & 2 so they do not do a disk write > (license.properties) at startup so that they can run from CD/DVD? >
I can't answer all these questions, but on 2 and 3, you have this in the Enterprise version in MX 7 already. Scenario: I'm PaperThin and have a client who does not own ColdFusion, but is interested in a trial of CommonSpot as their CMS solution. Instead of telling them "first download a trial of ColdFusion server and then you can install our trial," PaperThin can now use the EAR/WAR package manager in the MX Administrator (found in all MX7 versions, by the way) and create a EAR/WAR that has the CF runtime bundled with the CommonSpot application. By not entering a serial number at package creation time, you've just implicitly created a 30-day trial of the bundled CF/CommonSpot environment in one step, as that's the default way that the package manager works. After the 30-day trial, the combined setup reverts to the Developer edition of ColdFusion. Now let's say that the client has decided that CommonSpot is their choice. All they have to do is secure a Enterprise ColdFusion license for the appropriate number of servers/CPUs from a reseller or Macromedia sales person to convert the deployed application into a full Enterprise version. They would then either open up the MX Administrator (if PaperThin bundled it with the distro) or go to a page in the application that PaperThin has created that can programmatically set the serial number (via the new Admin API CFCs). Once that's done, they've got a full Enterprise version of ColdFusion with CommonSpot without having to re-install anything. Note that the above *deployment* scenario assumes the Enterpise version of ColdFusion only, as this is the only version of ColdFusion MX 7 that supports EAR/WAR deployment. Disclaimer: I don't work for PaperThin, nor have I used their product. I was simply using CommonSpot as it was the first commercial CF application that came to mind. As for the other questions, I can't answer them and will leave them to Macromedians. Regards, Dave. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:193710 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
