Pervasive never go round to actually actioning this... it was their intention that people like you and I who were offering hosting services would pay them some form of royalty per-site for the privilege... and you had to get specific consent from them to host while they thrashed out how much they were going to charge.
Of course, we all know that they lost interest in this long before they lost interest in the product. Lord knows what the implications of this are in relation to the products new owners... Jon -----Original Message----- From: John McGowan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 September 2002 4:44 To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk Subject: Witango-Talk: Fw: read this... I decided to dig out our Pervasive License agreement for the app server, and I read the Standard vs. Pro vs. Corporate sutff, and then came across this... in the Restrictions section... 5. RESTRICTIONS --- part of this section cut--- (didn't want to have to type the whole thing!) You may use the Software and Documentation solely for your internal business purposes. Except with the express wirtten consent of Pervasive, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, You agree that You man not use the Software to host applications for third parties or to provide service bureau, time-sharing or other computer services to third parties. Am I reading THIS right? Isn't this saying that any kind of webhosting is not allowed by the license? I can't find anything anywhere else in the license that explicitly allows it? /John > John McGowan wrote: > > > > Mike > > I'm about to send this to the tango list... please read it over for me... > > > > We have a Mac running Tango 2000 and I want to upgrade the license to > > Witango 5, (on windows) so I was trying to figure out if there was a > > "cross-grade" option. I didn't find anything, but since the cost for the > > Mac App server Standard Edition, and the Windows App Server Standard Edition > > were the same, I thought that the good folks at With would probably > > accomodate us. Any thoughts or comments on this, please let me know. > > > > Now, for the real reason I'm writing this email. > > > > When researching the cross-grade issue I came across the Witango FAQ's > > again. I remember reading them a while back to see what license type we > > would be needing in our "small webshop" environment. > > > > When you read the first two questions below, "What is the Standard > > Edition?", and "What is the Professional Edition?" (the two questions that > > I've read before) You learn that the difference between the two versions > > is, one supports multiple cpus, and the other doesn't. (see faq's below) > > > > Now, I just happened to see the third question below... "What licenses can > > we host with?" so I read the answer. (see below) So, if I'm reading this > > right, the difference between STD and PRO is a little more than just > > single/multi cpu support. So, a small web development company with a single > > cpu machine, and sites for 2 or more of it's clients on that single machine > > need to purchase a PRO license? Has this been in the license agreement > > since the days of Pervasive? > > > > Could someone please shed some light on this for me? Distributer? Reseller? > > With Ent.? > > > > /John > > > > Witango's FAQs quoted below for clarity > > --------------------------------------- > > > > What is the Standard Edition ? > > The Standard edition server is capable of supporting an unrestricted number > > of users on a single machine, only 1 CPU used effectively. This license can > > only be used on a single processor machine. > > > > What is the Professional Edition ? > > The Professional edition server allows an unlimited number of Standard > > servers on the same machine taking advantage of multi-CPU hardware. > > > > What licenses can we host with ? > > You will be able to host web sites with Professional edition licenses. > > Hosting with Standard edition licenses will be only be permitted where the > > hosting service on that machine is dedicated to a single corporate entity. ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
