So even if I'm developing my apps on a dedicated box (not my laptop), but I'm the only one developing on it, I need a license? That seems a bit much...
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Forta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:20 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: lincense on a test server? > > Russ, > > The Developer's Edition is intended for local development, if you have a > shared development box then you do indeed need a fully licensed product. > The > additional IP address were actually allowed because testing some features > may require being able to process requests from multiple addresses. The > EULA > may indeed be confusing, and I'll pass that note along to the product > management folks. The official statement (look at the product page) is > local > IP address and two other addresses, as in local development and maybe > testing from another machine, too. > > --- Ben > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:15 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: lincense on a test server? > > Well the license mentions that you're only allowed to use only 1 ip, yet > we've heard from many sources and the physical product allows 2 ips. Are > we > violating the license if we access it from 2 different ips? Yes. Are the > courts going to see it this way? I doubt it. > > The point is I believe it's reasonable to use the developer edition for > development only, and if I have to put in a workaround to make the > requests > from all the developers go through one ip, I believe that's reasonable. > The > spirit of the license is to use the developer edition for development > only, > and not for any sort of production use. The ip restriction is of little > consequence as far as I see it, but perhaps someone from macromedia can > elaborate. > > For the record, we all use licensed servers as well, but in getting a N- > Tier > configuration to work, I noticed that CF only sees 1 ip when the requests > are coming from another server and are proxied. I actually had to write a > filter to get CF to see the actual ip of the user. > > Russ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:03 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: lincense on a test server? > > > > > how so Dave...it's just 1 IP and being used for development? > > > Is there mention of router and othr devices in the licensing? > > > > No, there's no mention of routers or proxies or any other workarounds > > in the license. Believe it or not, licenses, like any other legal > > documents, are meant to be interpreted reasonably. The license clearly > > states that you may only access the developer edition from one > > external IP address. You would have a very difficult time making a > > case before a court that your "technical" workaround doesn't violate > > the spirit of the license, if not the letter of it. And again, believe > > it or not, the spirit and intent of a legal document can matter quite > > a bit. You simply wouldn't have a leg to stand on. > > If you got as far as a deposition, you'd get skewered - and it > > wouldn't get any farther than that. > > > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:232645 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
