Licence Types
The SIDRASOLUTIONS eCommerce system offers the following licence types:
- SINGLE (Per Computer) licence
- FLOATING (Network) licence
- ENTERPRISE (UNLIMITED) licence
- LIMITED licence
The customers are advised to choose the licence type appropriate for your organisation carefully, and consult us if they need any clarification.
Read detailed information on SINGLE and FLOATING licences, including various aspects of purchasing and managing these licences.
The ENTERPRISE Licence allows unlimited use of the software in the offices (sites) of the organisation in the country for which the licence is issued. This licence allows the software to be installed on any number of individual computers, including laptops, without need to keep a track of how many computers, or which computers, the software is installed on.
For licensing purposes, there is no networking requirement, no need to access the internet, and no network traffic required for the use of ENTERPRISE licence. Only one ENTERPRISE licence is issued to the organisation and the software can be installed on individual computers using the same licence. No deactivation - reactivation is needed to uninstall and reinstall the licence on individual computers. This licence type minimises IT resources required for software and license deployment in large organisations.
The LIMITED licence allows the software to be installed and used on a specified number of computers within the licensed organisation. In the case of multi-national organisations, the use of the software is restricted to the offices (sites) of the organisation in the country for which the licence is issued. Purchase of additional licences or a special agreement is required for use of the software in additional countries where the licensee's organisation has offices.
All licence products are treated individually from a pricing and licence management perspective. Each SINGLE computer licence, FLOATING licence pack, LIMITED licence pack and ENTERPRISE (UNLIMITED) licence has an individual price, Licence ID and COVER expiry date associated with it.
Read more about:
Licence Conditions
SINGLE (Per Computer) licence
FLOATING (Network) licence
How to Activate or Deactivate a SINGLE Licence
How to Setup and Use a FLOATING Licence
Resellers
Licensing FAQS
Licence Replacement
Licence Changes
Licences Changeover (from previous system)
The licences are also categorised as PROFESSIONAL and EDUCATIONAL licences. The EDUCATIONAL licence applies to recognised educational institutions. It does not allow the use of SIDRA SOLUTIONS software in any way for commercial gain or profit. This restriction applies to any research under contract for commercial gain, including such research undertaken by educational institutions. There is no restriction in terms of software capabilities EDUCATIONAL licence.
A separate new PROFESSIONAL Licence must be purchased for use of the software for any professional (non-educational) purposes. Upgrade from EDUCATIONAL licence to PROFESSIONAL Licence is not available.
Version Status
An essential part of the licence management for SIDRA SOLUTIONS software products is the version status. Three version status levels which will affect the licence purchase and COVER renewal processes are designated as:
- current version (e.g. INTERSECTION version 4.0),
- previous version (e.g. INTERSECTION version 3.2), and
- old version (e.g. INTERSECTION version 3.1 and older).
Version status is an important part of licence management. As soon as a new major version of the software is released, it becomes the current version with the following consequences:
- COVER renewal is available for the current version only (therefore “valid COVER” is associated with the current version only),
- for previous version licences, purchase of an upgrade licence and COVER is needed, and
- for old version licences, purchase of a new licence and COVER is needed.
The licences with valid COVER at the time of the release of a new major version (which becomes the new current version) will be replaced with a free upgrade licence to the new current version.