[PyQt] Question about "total number of developers" in License FAQ

Phil Thompson phil at riverbankcomputing.com
Mon Jan 11 13:01:26 GMT 2016


On 11 Jan 2016, at 12:49 pm, Elvis Stansvik <elvstone at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> From the License FAQ [1]:
> 
> "Q. Are commercial licenses tied to named developers?
> A. No, a commercial license covers a number of developers. We only
> require that the total number of developers at any time does not
> exceed the number covered by your license."
> 
> My question is: What is the intended interpretation of "total number
> of developers at any time"? Does it refer to the maximum number of
> developers that makes use of the license within a given week? A day?
> At the exact same time? Or does it refer to the number of
> simultaneously employed (or otherwise involved) developers that have
> at any time made use of the license?
> 
> In short I'd like to know, if we have a single license, when we'd be
> obliged to get a second license. Is it okay if me and a coworker,
> simultaneously employed, "takes turn" in using the license, or would
> this require us to get a second license? How frequently can we take
> turn before it is considered an abuse of the licensing terms?
> 
> There are variations of these interpretations I have not brought up,
> because they are so many, so I'm really looking for just a
> clarification on what it means.

You can take turns if you honestly believe you can and will manage that properly.

> Also, where is the license text of the commercial license? I can't
> find it on the web site.

I'll send you a copy privately.

Regards,
Phil


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